Instructions

• For the chocolate cookie dough:
• In a mixing bowl, cream together sugar and vegetable shortening until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, and salt.
• Dissolve baking soda in hot water and add to the sour milk.(Milk can be soured with 1 TBS vinegar or fresh lemon juice per cup milk. Let stand 5 minutes.)
• Add vanilla extract to the wet ingredients.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing until well combined.
• Drop spoonfuls of dough onto a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes.
• For the cream filling:
• See Whoopie Cookie Filling Recipe here on this site.
• Spread a generous amount of filling onto the bottom side of one cookie and sandwich with another cookie.
• Repeat with remaining cookies and filling to make chocolate whoopie pies.