Homemade Oreo Cookies
- Ready In:
- 24mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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12 very large cookies
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened dutch process cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 - 1 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, room temp
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temp
- 1 large egg
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For Filling
- 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable shortening
- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
directions
- .Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar throughly.
- On low, add butter and then egg.
- Mix until dough comes together and forms a mass. (I thought I had done something wrong.for a while, it resembles corn meal, but keep mixing, lol -- it will come together.).
- Drop by rounded tsp, 2 in apart on wax paper covered cookie sheet. Slightly flatten.
- Bake 9 minutes. Less if your oven runs hot.
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Filling:
- Add butter and shortening to bowl,.
- slowly add in sugar and vanilla.
- Beat on high until firm.
- ***NOTE**** I had to add a small (like 1/8 c ) amount of milk to get mine to work right. Try it w/out then use your best judgement as to whether you need to add some or not.
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Assembly:
- Spread cream on one cookie, then top with another.
- Note: You can use salted butter and they turn out fine. Just omit the salt in the recipe if they do.
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I am a 26 year old sahm and wife. I have only been cooking for about 3 years now. I love to cook and bake. I taught myself all I know and am now passing on my skills to my daughter. I have fibromyalgia and bipolar disorder. I work from home managing websites for people who don't have time to do it themselves.