never fails. ever. can leave it spiced as is or make it hotter/zestier/bolder by adjusting the ingredients. all around perfect sauce every time.

Reviewed On: Jan. 15, 2009

Very tasty recipe & easy to make. I made these shaped more like whoopie pies than traditional devil dog shape but my kids liked them just as well -- I got 30 rounds but could have made 32 or 34 because they baked up large (Little Debbie oatmeal snack cake size). Make the flour/milk mixture on the stove first, then it has time to cool while you mix & bake the cakey part. Keep the heat on the flour/milk to medium low or you may get lumps very fast as it sets quickly. Even after beating the sugar & shortening for the filling, mine was grainy. Superfine sugar might be a better alternative, although my kids didn't care, they gobbled them up just the same. Doubling the recipe for the filling made more than enough (we don't gob on the frosting. I had fully half the filling left over, which I refridgerated and will use to fill some other cookies later. Overall, nice change of snack from regular cookies or cake.

Reviewed On: Feb. 14, 2007

Oh not good, not good for me at all. Followed recipe to a T on a non-humid day with calibrated oven temp & good quality ingredients but was suprised by the amount of fat/shortening in the recipe. Creamed shortening & sugar sufficiently & even added 1/2 tsp more vanilla to make up for other comments about lack of taste. Even tasted the dough prior to baking. As happened to a previous reviewer, these cookies spread so terribly, possibly due to the amount of shortening, that they were impossible to eat and had to be scraped (or wiped) off my cookie sheet. I'll not try this recipe again.

Reviewed On: Jan. 21, 2007