Joe Louis

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter 
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar 
• 2  egg whites 
• 2  egg yolks 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 cup milk 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup shortening 
• 5 tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• baking sheet
• oven
• wire rack
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C ).
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter.
3. Add the egg yolks, and vanilla; mix well. Stir in the milk. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
4. Remove from pan to cool on a wire rack.
5. To make the icing, combine the 2 egg whites, 1/2 cup of shortening, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl and mix with an electric hand mixer. When the cookies are cool, make sandwiches out of 2 cookies with icing in between.