"These cute sandwich cookies from our Test Kitchen would be a pretty addition to any holiday goodie tray." Ingredients 1/2 cup sugar 3 tablespoons canola oil 1 egg 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup baking cocoa 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons fat-free milk FILLING: 2 tablespoons butter softened 1/12 cups Powe 1/8 teaspoon mint extract 4 drops Green food coloring optional 4 teaspoons fat-free milk

Instructions
In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. Add egg; beat for 1 minute. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually beat into sugar mixture. Add milk and mix well. (Dough will be very sticky.) With lightly floured hands, roll dough into 3/4-in. balls.

Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray.

Flatten slightly with a glass coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 4-5 minutes or until edges are set and tops are cracked. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.

In a small bowl, combine butter and confectioners' sugar until crumbly. Beat in extract, food coloring if desired and milk. Spread on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.

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Yields: 1 1/2 Dozen