Oreo-style Sandwich Cookies

18.25 oz box Duncan Hines Dark Fudge Cake
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoon shortening

3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup shortening, (no substitution)
3 tablespoon hot water

Preheat oven to 325F. Blend all ingredients; then knead with your
hands until it is pliable like dough. Form dough into 3/4 inch
balls and press flat, 1/2 inch apart on greased cookie sheets.
Bottom of a glass works nice for this. Bake 4 to 6 minutes or
until cookies are crunchy. I should think you could refrigerate
the dough in cylinder shaped rolls for a couple of hours and slice
1/8 inch thick, as well. Let cookies cool on sheets. Combine
filling ingredients and mix well. Form into balls about 1/2 to
3/4 inch in diameter 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. Makes 2 dozen cookies (4 dozen
wafers) <!/--c-->

Oreo-style Chocolate Cookies

18 oz. Devil's Food cake mix
2 Tbsp oil
2 eggs
2 Tbsp water
1/2 cup cocoa powder
Nestles Quik powder

Blend first 4 ingredients together until you can shape dough into
smooth ball. Let it stand 20 minutes, loosely covered. Form dough
into marble size balls. Place 2" apart on greased cookie sheet.
flatten each with smooth drinking glass and dipped into NESTLES
QUIK powder. Bake 400 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove cookies at once
from sheet, to paper towel and at once flatten cookie with back of
a pancake turner. Let cook 20 minutes.


Filling

1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup cold water
1 cup Crisco
1 lb. plus 1 cup powdered sugar

Soften gelatin in cold water. Place in heatproof cup in pan of hot
water until gelatin is transparent. Meanwhile beat Crisco until
fluffy, adding vanilla and sugar a little at a time. Beat in gelatin
mix when it is completely cooled, but not set or firm. This is used
to give the filling stability, as well as protein. when cooled,
shape filling into 1" ball. Place between the two bottom sides
of the cooled cookies, pressing gently until filling has spread to
edge of cookies and rounded like the originals. Makes 4 dozen. <!/--c-->