Sweet Monkey

1: Preheat oven to 350°F and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2: Beat butter and sugar until smooth.

3: Add in the egg and vanilla extract, and combine.

4: Whisk dry ingredients together and beat into wet ingredients.

5: Fold in chocolate chips.

6: Using a small cookie scoop, roll cookies into balls and place on baking sheet, leaving a couple of inches between each.

7: Bake for 10-12 minutes. Five minutes into baking, flatten the cookie slightly with the back of a measuring cup. When removed, use a round cookie cutter and in a circular motion give the cookie a spin to make it perfectly round.

8: Let the cookies cool for about 20-30 minutes before filling with vanilla buttercream.

9: Make the buttercream by beating butter until smooth, adding vanilla extract, then powder sugar and combining, and finally adding in milk and beating until smooth.

10: Place buttercream in a piping bag, pipe frosting on the bottom of a cookie, and press another cookie on top. Repeat to make 6 cookie sandwiches.