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Active Time
1 1/2 hr
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Total Time
3 hr
When Abby Cohen of Oakland, California, was in college, her friend Michael Gevelber would receive these cookies in care packages sent by his Czechoslovakian mother. They taste best when made and filled 1 day ahead.
Ingredients
Makes about 200 sandwiches
For cookies
For filling
Special Equipment
Make cookies:
Step 1
Whisk together flour and salt in a bowl until combined.
Step 2
Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes in a stand mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 4 minutes with a handheld. Add whole eggs, yolks, and chocolate, beating until combined. Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture and mix until combined well.
Step 3
Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F.
Step 4
Drop 1/2 teaspoons of batter 1 inch apart on 2 ungreased baking sheets. Bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are puffed up, 7 to 8 minutes total, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely. Cool baking sheets and make more cookies with remaining dough on cooled sheets.
Make filling:
Step 5
Whisk together eggs, confectioners sugar, butter, and chocolate in top of a double boiler or a large metal bowl set over a pot of simmering water and cook, whisking, until a thermometer registers 170°F. Remove top of double boiler (or bowl) from pot and set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water, then stir occasionally until cold. Remove from ice water and beat with cleaned beaters at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Fill cookies:
Step 6
Spread 1/2 teaspoon filling on flat side of 1 cookie, then place flat side of a second cookie over filling to form a sandwich. Fill remaining cookies in same manner.
Cookies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper or parchment, in an airtight container at room temperature 4 days.
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Reviews (10)
Back to TopThese are a must have in our house at Christmas. I think the chocolate really matters. I use a very good chocolate and they are delicious.
esmemom1
Ottawa Canada
12/6/2014
Thought I'd try this recipe for a cookie exchange - they taste ok, but there are other cookie recipes out there that require far less work and taste better.
lajoka
boston, ma
12/18/2006
It was too much work and the cookies came out really dry.
Anonymous
12/18/2006
It's really easy to make, and I'm new to cooking.The cookies are very rich, and they're great for your WHOLE family.
Anonymous
7/14/2006
Absolutely loved them! I scooped and flattened mine as you would for a peanut butter cookie - the same size, too. My 5 teenagers wouldn't even notice a tiny cookie in their mouths! They were a HUGE hit.
Anonymous
Atlanta, GA
5/31/2006
A lot of ratings on this one. Hope you get to this recipe review. First and most importantly, THESE COOKIES DON'T STICK TO THE BAKING PAN SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPRAY IT OR OIL IT DOWN!! This is a god send!! I'm so sick of cookies that stick to the sheet and make a huge mess. You don't even have to buy the nonstick paper either. I make these almost every week and my boys constantly ask for them. My 6 year old says he wants his own dozen separate than my older son. They're very territorial about great cookies like these. I sometimes use semi-sweet chocolate and don't bother with the rich filling. These are perfect cookies and if anyone has one better, in their opinion, send the recipe my way. Can't keep enough in our home!!!!
smelrose
Phoenix, AZ
5/4/2006
Wonderful and decadant...I found it tedious to drop half teaspoons of the cookie batter, so I put it into a disposable pastry bag, cut the tip and piped it onto the cookie sheet. Also dusting the top with powdered sugar adds a nice touch.
kittenpotpie
New Orleans
12/11/2005
very ordinary and way too much trouble to do again.
alamedakid
Alameda, CA
8/18/2005
These are delicious. I made them slightly larger than the dainty 1/2 tsp called for and still got more than 4 dozen sandwiches. Very pretty and with Schaaffen Berger chocolate - outrageously yummy.
cjlucas
Rochester NY
12/16/2004
很好。我做了我略大于1 /2 tsp called for and still got more than 4 dozen sandwiches. Used Schaaffen Berger chocolate and had excellent results. Very chocolatey and very pretty.
cjlucas
Rochester NY
12/16/2004
