GOLDY BEAR'S SWEETHEART SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• FOR THE COOKIES --
• Cream the butter with the sugar in a large bowl until light.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla; set aside.
• Sift the cocoa, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together.
• Stir the dry ingredients thoroughly into the butter mixture.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 or 3 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 375F and butter 2 cookie sheets.
• Using a teaspoon measure, roll level teaspoons of the dough into balls and place them 2 inches apart on the sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 15 mins, until cookies are puffed and surfaces slightly dry and cracked.
• Cool on racks.
• FOR THE FILLING --
• Cream the butter until light.
• Beat in the vanilla and powdered sugar, adding whipping cream and continuing to beat until the consistency is like creamy frosting.
• When the cookies are complete cool, spread about 1/2 tablespoon of iflling on the bottom of one cookie, then top with the bottom side of another cookie.
• VARIATION --
• For half a batch of vanilla-filled and half a batch of peppermint-filled cookies, add 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract to half the filling. Tint the peppermint filling pink or green before filling half the sandwiches.