Here is a perfect cookie to make loved ones this Valentines day!
They are quite easy and incredibly tasty. This was a pin from the great website MyKitchenAddiction. This lady is insanely talented!
Now lets talk cookies. Oeros are one of my favourite cookies, ever! So when this popped up, I knew it would be in the works soon. James even helped me make them (thats a big deal!)
The original recipe called for dutch cocoa powder. what the heck? there are more than one kind?! After a little research online, it turns out the difference between dutch and regular cocoa powder is the acidity between the two. Regular is more acidic and dutch is more alkaline. Dutch also has a more mellow taste and darker colour. I used regular and threw in a little baking soda to neutralize the acidity. Worked out fine.
Homemade Oreos
(original pin here)
The Cookies!
Gather it up!
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened (I used margarine)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
3/4 cup of Dutch cocoa powder (or regular and a little baking soda)
1.5 tsp baking power
1 tsp salt
Work it!
Beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until its nice and fluffy. Then add the egg and vanilla until its all getting along together.
In a separate bowl, add the flour, cocoa powder (baking soda if using), baking powder and salt. Using a whisk, mix it all together to make sure there are no more lumps (especially the cocoa powder)
Cup by cup, add the flour mix to the wet ingredients and mix on lowest speed until there is no longer any flour mix left.
Divide the dough into two and wrap in plastic wrap. Throw it in the fridge for at least an hour. This step is very important not to skip. The dough is very soft and needs to firm up a little.
Line you cookie sheets with parchment paper and preheat oven to 350.
Once the dough has been cooled. Roll it out on a floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick. I found it very sticky and needed to use more flour than usual. To make them look more like real Oreos, use a circle cutter but that is boring! I used a heart for Valentines day aww sweet eh!?
Place cookies on a cookie sheet. Since the cookies do not spread much you can put many on at one time just not too close.
Bake them for about 12 minutes if you want them softer, 14 for a more crisp one.
Cool them before icing.
The Icing
Gather it up again!
1/2 cup butter, softened (margarine worked fine)
2 tbs half and half (who even has this? I used milk!)
1 tsp vanilla
3-3.5 cups icing sugar
Work it...again!
Mix the first three ingredients together until mixed. Then add the icing sugar about a half cup at a time (or you will be wearing more then you have in the bowl!)
Put in a piping bag, or if you are classy like me, a zipper seal bag with a hole cut in the corner, and pipe the icing onto a cookie. Place a second cookie on top and repeat with the rest of them.
Get a nice glass of milk and eat one, or four! Enjoy!
I loved these cookies and so did the kids and James too. These are added to my cookie recipe book and will be making them again soon with a new idea in mind.
What if the filling was skipped. Add a little mint extract to the dough and dipped them in chocolate? Sounds like a Girl Guide Mint Cookie to me!
Do you have a favourite cookie recipe for us to try and feature on the blog?
let us know in the comments or on our Facebook page or even the group!
By Mommy Melissa
