The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network.
Prep Time: 20 min
Inactive Prep Time: 0 min
Cook Time: 1 hr 0 min
Serves: about 3 dozen cookies
• 12 tablespoons (170grams/ 6 oz) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups (312.5 grams/ 11.02 oz) powdered sugar
• 6 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract
• 1 1/2 cups (187.5grams/ 6.61 oz) all purpose flour
• Cookie filling, recipe follows
Cookie filling:
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 orange, zested
1. In a mixer with paddle attachment cream the butter and the sugar.
2. Add the egg whites gradually and then mix in the vanilla and lemon extracts.
3. Add the flour and mix until just well mixed.
4. With a small (1/4-inch) plain tip, pipe 1-inch sections of batter onto a parchment-lined sheet pan, spacing them 2 inches apart as they spread.
5. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Let cool on the pan.
6. While waiting for the cookies to cool, in a small saucepan over medium flame, scald cream.
7. Pour hot cream over chocolate in a bowl, whisk to melt chocolate, add zest and blend well.
8. Set aside to cool (the mixture will thicken as it cools).
9. Spread a thin amount of the filling onto the flat side of a cookie while the filling is still soft and press the flat side of a second cookie on top.
10. Repeat with the remainder of the cookies.
Trissalicious 
I didn't realise you were a fellow Daring Baker Trissa! I hope you like August's challenge 😉
Such a great idea to make black and white ones! I have to agree, the shape of your cookies is just perfect 🙂
Your milanos look really professional. The shape is perfect. Yummy! Congrats!
Yum!! Your milan cookies look amazing!! I love all of the different flavours you made =D.
YUM chocolate milanos!!
Your Milanos are stunning and perfectly thin! They look right out of a bag of Milanos..but better! Lovely job and photos!
Perfect shape and perfect taste I bet. Your milanos look perfect. Wonderful effort on this challenge. How are your macarons going I hope my comments didn't cheese you off in any manner? I will be making some more on Wednesday. We have had one reply about a Sydney meetup I'm still keen about getting together if you want that person lives in Newtown so in the city or Newtown moght be best. Email me if you want to organise details. Audax
Your Milan cookies look beautiful!
Perfect !!
Wow Your Milan cookies look so GOOD !!!
Beautiful shape and the orange chocolate flavor is probably divine.