Icing Filled Chocolate Wafer Cookies


For the Chocolate Wafers:

1 ¼ cups AP Flour
½ cup Cocoa powder
1 tsp Baking soda
¼ tsp Baking powder
¼ tsp Salt
1 cup Sugar
5 oz Butter, room temperature
1 ea Egg

For the Filling:

2 oz Butter, room temperature
¼ cup Vegetable shortening
2 cups Powdered sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla extract

1- To make the wafers, mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar together in the bowl of a mixer.

2- Add the butter and mix on low until incorporated.

3- Add the egg and mix until it forms a dough ball.

4- On a lightly floured board, roll out the dough to a 1/4” thickness.

5- Cut out wafer cookies using a 1 ¾” round cookie cutter.

6- Bake the cookies on a greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.

7- Allow the cookies to cool completely before filling.



1- To make the filling, put the butter and shortening in the bowl of a mixer, and mix at low speed.

2- Add the powdered sugar to the butter mixture in three stages.

3- Add the vanilla to the mix, and then turn mixer to medium and whip to desired consistency.

Chocolate Coated, Peanut Frosting Filled Wafer Treats

Chocolate Coated, Peanut Frosting Filled Wafer Treats


For the Wafers:

150 gram package Oblatne plain wafers
1# 2oz Creamy peanut butter
1 Tbsp Vegetable Shortening
1 ½ Tbsp Butter
1 cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tbsp Light corn syrup


For the Chocolate Coating:

1 1/2# Semi-sweet chocolate
1 pint Heavy cream

1- To make the peanut butter frosting, put the peanut butter and shortening in the bowl of a mixer, and beat until combined.

2- With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar in three stages.

3- Whip the mixture until light and fluffy.

4- Using a pastry bag and a flat piping tip, pipe a layer of the peanut butter frosting onto a wafer, then top with another wafer.

5- Repeat this process until there are four wafers with three layers of filling.

6- Gently press on the wafer pile to distribute the frosting, and cut into desired snack sizes.


1- To make the chocolate coating, chop the chocolate into small pieces, and place in a metal mixing bowl.

2- Place the bowl of chocolate on top of a pot of boiling water, add the heavy cream, and heat until smooth and viscous.

Finish:

To coat the wafer snacks in chocolate, use a pastry brush, and let dry on a wire rack. If chocolate sets up while in use, simply place the bowl back over the boiling water and re-warm.