Almost Oreo's

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box dark chocolate cake mix
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 tablespoons crisco shortening
• 3 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup crisco shortening (not butter or margarine, use only plain shortening)
• 3 tablespoons hot water

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 blend all cookie wafer ingredients; knead with your hands until it is pliable like dough.
• 3 form dough into 3-inch balls, place on a greased cooke sheet 1/2-inch apart.
• 4 press down the cookies with the bottom of a glass.
• 5 bake 4-6 minutes, or until cookies are crunchy.
• 6 note: another way to do this, is shape dough into long rolls; refrigerate 2-3 hours, remove from fridge, and slice the dough 1/8-inch thick, then bake.
• 7 let cookies cool on sheets.
• 8 for filling: combine all filling ingredients; mix well.
• 9 form into balls about 1/2- 3/4-inch in diameter.
• 10 again, using your hands, sandwich one filling in the center of two cookies, and carefully press down until the filling spreads almost to the edge.