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Low Fat Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon mint extract

Filling:
2-1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon mint extract
Red food coloring
Green food coloring

Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into a medium-size bowl; set aside. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and butter until smooth and creamy. Beat in egg, then vanilla and mint extract. Beat flour mixture into butter mixture. Divide dough in half; shape each into a log about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 3 to 4 hours. Heat oven 375 degrees F. Cut each log into 1/16-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets Bake in heated oven to 375 degrees F. oven 8 to 10 minutes or until almost firm. Remove cookies to a wire rack to cool.

Prepare filling:
Beat together confectioners' sugar, butter, milk and mint extract in a medium-size bowl until a good spreading consistency. Divide filling in half; tint half with red food coloring, and other half with green food coloring. Spread flat side of one-quarter of the cookies with red filling and one-quarter with green filling. Top each with a plain cookie. Chill until set.

Calories per cookie 67 Fat Carbs 6 g Sodium 1 mg Fiber 0.6 g.