Milano Cookies By Accident

Total Time: 26 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup shortening, room temperature
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (12 ounce) package bittersweet chocolate chips, melted

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, shortening and sugar until smooth.
• 2 beat in eggs and vanilla.
• 3 stir in dry ingredients thoroughly.
• 4 divide dough in half and wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight.
• 5 preheat oven to 400º.
• 6 unwrap one roll of dough and using a metal bench knife or a very sharp knife cut off cookies as thin as you can and place 1” apart on ungreased cookie sheet or parchment paper.
• 7 bake 6-8 minutes but do not brown. cool.
• 8 spread the melted chocolate between two of the cookies to make a sandwich.