CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES WITH THREE FILLING

      Title: CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES WITH THREE FILLING
  Categories: Cookies, Chocolate
       Yield: 18 Cookies
  
 MMMMM--------------------------COOKIES-------------------------------
       6 tb Butter or margarine
     1/2 c  Sugar
     1/3 c  Light brown sugar, packed
       1 ts Vanilla extract
       2 ea Egg whites
   1 1/3 c  Flour
     1/3 c  Cocoa
     1/2 ts Salt
     1/4 ts Baking soda
 
 MMMMM---------------------CHOCOLATE FILLING--------------------------
       2 tb Butter or margarine
     1/4 c  Powdered sugar
     3/4 c  Powdered sugar
     1/4 c  Cocoa
   3 1/2 ts Milk
 
 MMMMM-----------------------LEMON FILLING----------------------------
       2 tb Butter or margarine
     1/4 c  Powdered sugar
     1/8 ts Fresh lemon peel, grated
     3/4 c  Powdered sugar
   3 1/2 ts Milk
 
 MMMMM---------------------STRAWBERRY FILLING--------------------------
       2 tb Butter or margarine
     1/4 c  Powdered sugar
     3/4 c  Powdered sugar
   3 1/2 ts Milk
       2 ts Strawberry all-fruit spread
            Several drops red food color
  
   Preheat oven to 350F.
   
   Cookies: In bowl, beat butter, sugars and vanilla until well blended.
   Add egg whites; beat well.
   
   Stir together flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda; add to sugar
   mixture, beating until well-blended. Refrigerate dough about 1 hr. or
   until firm enough to handle.
   
   Grease or spray cookie sheet. Shape dough into 1" balls. Place on
   cookie sheet. Using fingers, flatten each ball into a 2" circle. Bake
   for 7 mins. or until set. Cool 1 min., remove to wire rack. Cool
   completely.
   
   Using half of the cookies, spread about 1 1/2 t. of desired flavored
   filling on each cookie. Top with remaining cookies.
   
   Fillings: In small bowl, beat butter and 1/4 c. sugar until well
   bleneded. Gradually and other ingredients until well blended and of
   desired consistency. Adjust amount of milk if needed. Each makes
   about 2/3 cup.
   
   Source:  Hagerstown Herald-Mail; Hagerstown, MD
   
   From: Rammots
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