Oreo style Chocolate Cookies

Blend first 4 ingredients together until you can shape dough into smooth ball. Let it stand 20 minutes, loosely covered. Form dough into marble size balls. Place 2" apart on greased cookie sheet. flatten each with smooth drinking glass and dipped into NESTLES QUIK powder. Bake 400 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove cookies at once from sheet, to paper towel and at once flatten cookie with back of a pancake turner. Let cook 20 minutes. Filling 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 1 tsp. vanilla 1/2 cup cold water 1 cup Crisco 1 lb. plus 1 cup powdered sugar Soften gelatin in cold water. Place in heatproof cup in pan of hot water until gelatin is transparent. Meanwhile beat Crisco until fluffy, adding vanilla and sugar a little at a time. Beat in gelatin mix when it is completely cooled, but not set or firm. This is used to give the filling stability, as well as protein. when cooled, shape filling into 1" ball. Place between the two bottom sides of the cooled cookies, pressing gently until filling has spread to edge of cookies and rounded like the originals. Makes 4 dozen.