Gram's Devil Dogs
List of Ingredients
6 tablespoons shortening (Crisco)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons dry unsweetened cocoa (Hershey's)
1 cup milk
Cream together shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla. Sift and
add flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa. Combine with milk,
mix alternately (a little flour mixture, a little milk,
etc.). This helps prevent the batter from getting lumpy.
Spoon batter with a tablespoon onto an ungreased cookie
sheet. Don't be fooled if they seem small...they spread
out!! Bake at 350 degrees for 8 - 10 minutes. DO NOT
OVERBAKE!!! Makes approximately 20 - 22 round cakes. Make
sure you come out with an even number because they will be
put together like Oreos.
Filling:
3/4 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup shortening
6 heaping tablespoons marshmallow creme
1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat ingredients until whipped cream texture. Spread
(thickly) between cakes. Wrap each tightly in wax paper or
sandwich bags to keep fresh and prevent from drying out.
The filling can be doubled if you prefer more. Also, my
mother likes to make two separate batches of filling and by
using green and red food coloring make Christmas Devil Dogs! Recipe
Submitter comments:
Gram passed away in May, 1999. She was 100 years old and if she had lived until 2000, she would have lived in three centuries! She grew up, raised her family and died in York Beach, Maine. In her younger days, she ran a bakery out of her home and the following recipe is one of her most popular confections
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