Sweetheart Sandwich Cookies

• 1/4 pound butter, unsalted
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 tablespoons butter, unsalted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 x heavy whipping cream

1. To make the cookies, cream the butter with the sugar in a large bowl until light.
2. Beat in eggs and vanilla; set aside.
3. Sift the cocoa, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together.
4. Stir the dry ingredients thoroughly into the butter mixture.
5. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 or 3 hours.
6. Preheat the oven to 375 degree F and butter 2 cookie sheets.
7. Using a teaspoon measure, roll level teaspoons of the dough into balls and place them 2 inches apart on the sheets.
8. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until cookies are puffed and surfaces slightly dry and cracked.
9. Cool on racks.
10. To make the filling, cream the butter until light.
11. Beat in the vanilla and powdered sugar, adding whipping cream and continuing to beat until the consistency is like creamy frosting.
12. When the cookies are completely cool, spread about 1/2 tablespoon of iflling on the bottom of one cookie, then top with the bottom side of another cookie.

butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, cocoa powder, flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/sweetheart-sandwich-cookies-32907 (may not work)