Romany Creams

== Description ==
== Ingredients ==
Cookie
* 1/2 lb butter, plus
* 1 	tablespoon butter
* 1 	cup Sugar
* 2 	cups flour
* 1 1/2 	cups shredded sweetened coconut
* 2 	ounces semisweet baking chocolate, melted
* 1/2 	cup boiling water
* 1 	teaspoon baking powder
butter cream filling
* 1 lb confectioners' Sugar, divided
* 1/4 lb butter, softened (not melted!)
* 1/8 	teaspoon salt
* 1 	teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3-4 	tablespoons milk
== Directions ==
# Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
# cream together butter and Sugar; add flour, coconut, and baking powder.
# Dissolve melted baking chocolate by whisking into boiling water; add to mixture.
# Roll mixture into small 1-inch balls.
# Place balls on greased cookie sheet and, using a fork, press criss-cross to flatten.
# Bake in a moderate oven, 350F, for 10 to 12 minutes until desired doneness (some people like them crispier than others); let cool on a wire rack.
# Make the butter cream filling: cream one-third of the confectioners' Sugar with softened butter and salt in large bowl.
# Blend vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons milk and remaining Sugar into mixture.
# Gradually stir in remaining milk to filling until desired spreading consistency is reached.
# When cookies have cooled completely, sandwich them together with the butter cream filling (or chocolate from melting a slab of milk chocolate over low heat or in microwave).
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