Store bought oreos are delicious.. homemade oreos are insanely delicious. They make the ones from the box look like a sad sack of stale cardboard.
The cookies are chocolately, a tiny bit salty, and not too sweet which offsets the sweet vanilla filling. My only regret is that I waited so long to make them.
I had been waiting to make them until I could find some Dutch process cocoa powder that the recipe calls for. Dutch process reacts differently in baking and ensures that the cookies don't puff up during baking. I found some online but it wasn't worth paying the shipping just for one specific recipe.
I decided to go ahead with just regular unsweetened cocoa but I didn't want puffy cookies that looked like whoopie pies so I added an extra tsp of baking soda as per the suggestion of this website.
To make the cookies around the same size as the store bought oreos I heaped a teaspoon with the cookie dough...
Squished it all in to make sure that it was level...
Placed the marble sized pieced on a cookie sheet....
Then flattened them with the bottom of a glass.
The recipe says to bake them for 9 minutes for a tablespoon of batter. I was only using a tsp of batter each so I tried a number of different baking times.
- six minutes = burnt cookies
- five minutes = very crispy cookies
- four minutes = soft cookies with a chewy edge
- four minutes + 30 seconds = crispy cookie with a soft center
4.5 minutes made the best texture of cookie. These come out of the oven slightly puffed and very soft but they firm up and deflate while cooling.
The filling tastes exactly like the oreo icing. With half butter and half vegetable shortening it stays solid at room temperature which makes it perfect for dunking in milk. Don't skip dunking them in milk!!! So so good.
The cookies were quick to assemble. I just piped the icing on...
Then squished it between two cookies.
When you make your own oreos you get complete power over them. Soft cookie, crispy cookie, double stuffed, double decker... its up to you. King! King of your cookies.
In fact, there is nothing stopping you from spreading a bit of peanut butter on them before you add the icing. Mmmmm
This recipe makes a lot of cookies which is a good thing because you'll want to share them but you'll also want a lot left for yourself.
Oreos
Makes 40 assembled
cookies (if using a tsp of dough for each cookie)
Recipe from Smitten Kitchen
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa (if using regular cocoa add an extra tsp of baking soda)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) room-temperature, unsalted butter
1 large egg
Preheat oven to 375
1. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking power and soda, salt, and sugar.
2. Mix in butter until combined. Add egg and mix until a dough forms (mine was grainy looking but held together when pinched)
3. Use a teaspoon measure (tsp) and pack it with cookie dough. Place on cookie sheet and flatten with damped fingers or the bottom of a glass
4. Bake for 4.5 minutes for cookies with a slightly chewy center or 5 minutes for a crispy cookie. Let cool slightly before transferring (or just be really really careful when transfering warm) because the cookies are soft and delicate before they cool.
Icing
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) room-temperature, unsalted butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1. Mix together butter, vegetable shortening and vanilla until combined
2. Gradually mix in confectioners sugar. Once all added whip on high until fluffy
3. Using a piping bag (or a freezer bag with the corner cut off) pipe a tsp's worth of icing onto the cookies and press another cookie on top.
4. Dunk in milk!
You amazing girl! Earthy like!
Posted by: Earth Grrrl | 03/05/2011 at 03:34 PM
Wow they look fantastic! As you can imagine these would be very popular around here.
Posted by: Patty | 03/05/2011 at 04:32 PM
OMG these look so yummy.
Posted by: zami | 03/05/2011 at 06:29 PM
These look amazing! I will pass this on to my baking daughters!
Posted by: fernfiddlehead | 03/06/2011 at 09:04 AM
Love it! This looks amazing!
Posted by: Anna | 03/06/2011 at 11:06 AM
Double Decker Oreos! What is the world coming to? These look truly delicious and I'm really looking forward to trying them.
Posted by: Steven | 03/06/2011 at 06:02 PM
Looks way better than normal Oreos! Nice and chewy and soft and.. natural!
Posted by: DK | 03/07/2011 at 08:26 AM
Those look incredible! Well done!
Posted by: Jenn | 03/07/2011 at 02:46 PM
Looks delicious! It's nice to have some wiggle-room in your recipes, so thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Mary at n00bcakes | 03/08/2011 at 09:52 AM
Oh my, I'm not a baker but may have to make an exception to try this one out, especially with the notion of three cookies with two layers of filling - sounds so rich you may not need the milk!
Posted by: Thegonzogourmet | 03/08/2011 at 10:09 AM
these look absolutely sinful. i can't not try these. might have to reserve sunday morning for this tasty 'lil project.
Posted by: Rigel_p | 03/08/2011 at 10:37 AM
mmmmm... must try this. With all of these recipes popping up on the internet (minus the preservatives & icky things), I may never buy the boxed counterpart again! We'll replace it all one-by-one.
Peanut butter inside too?
Yes please :) ;)
Posted by: carrie | 03/08/2011 at 02:22 PM
Oh my these look divine! Those photos are drool-worthy:) I have always wanted to attempt my own oreos. You are inspiring me to take the plunge!
-E
Posted by: yummy supper | 03/09/2011 at 04:28 AM
These look fantastic. So much better than the store-bought ones, I'm sure. I can almost taste the contrast of flavours.
Posted by: Darina | 03/10/2011 at 03:23 PM
Oh yum! These looks so delicious
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Posted by: Nimi | 03/11/2011 at 05:41 AM
try any dutch store or bakery! they usually have a wide selection of baking and cooking supplies including this poweder! my mom uses it all the time
Posted by: SC | 03/11/2011 at 12:59 PM
These were so delicious! I baked them for 6 minutes since I baked them on my pizza stones. They were perfect! Thanks so much for sharing.
Posted by: LittleSidekick | 03/16/2011 at 09:17 PM
I am getting way to many good recipes from blogs :) these look devine. Where I live the dutch process cocoa is available at the Amish farmer's market if that helps anyone. Maybe health food stores?
Posted by: Debra V | 03/22/2011 at 02:12 PM
Great recipe! Thanks for sharing it.
Posted by: Jamieannegrimes | 04/01/2011 at 03:31 PM
I made these recently and they were a hit!! I had a request to make some of them mint oreos however... Any ideas? Peppermint extract?
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Posted by: vabkavero | 02/05/2012 at 12:51 AM
this is SO perfect! especially since i just found out that Oreos are NOT vegetarian! ..sniff..
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I made these cookies the other day, and they turned out great! I used a tsp to put the cookies on the tray, and then flattened them with my fingers. Like it says in the recipe, it makes exactly 40 ASSEMBLED cookies! I baked them for about 4 or 5 minutes.
Delicious cookies!
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