Duskies

Dusky Twins

250 grams butter
3/4 cup icing sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup plain flour
1 cup cornflour
2 teaspoons baking powder

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Soften the butter and beat the sugar into it until it is pale.

The remaining ingredients can be sifted into the mixture gradually. It's a really stiff mixture, one that needs to be combined using your hands.

Make small balls, like the size that you would get from scooping a teaspoonful of mixture. Flatten the cookies onto a tray and press the tines of a fork into the top, to flatten them just a bit further.

Bake each batch for 15 minutes and let them cool thoroughly before putting them together.

Chocolate Icing

1 tablespoon softened butter
1 tablespoon cocoa
2 tablespoons boiling water
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups icing sugar

Place the butter and cocoa in a bowl and pour the boiling water over it. Stir the mixture until the butter is all melted and then add the milk. Sift half of the icing sugar in and give beat with an electric beater.

Sift in the second cup of icing sugar and beat it until it's smooth. Then take two cookies, spread a thick layer of icing onto one of them and sandwich the two together. Repeat until you have done all your cookies.