Recipe: Homemade Oreos

Homemade Oreos

(Yield about 20-25 cookies)

INGREDIENTS:

Cookies:

• 1 1/4 cup Flour
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/2 cup softened Butter
• 1 Egg

Filling:

• 1/4 cup softened Butter
• 1/4 cup Shortening
• 2 cup Powdered Sugar
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

• Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar.

• Beat in the butter and egg until dough comes together.

• Place between 2 sheets of parchment paper and roll out to between 1/8 and 1/4 inch thick.

• Place in freezer for 15 minutes.

• Preheat oven to 375.

• Use a 2″ cookie cutter and make cookies.

• Place on parchment lined cookie sheet.

• Bake for 9 minutes.

• Allow to cool completely.

• Cream together butter, vanilla and sugar.

• Gradually beat in the sugar.

• Continue beating until fluffy.

• Transfer filling to piping bag with round tip.

• Pipe filling onto a cookie to nearly cover.

• Place another cookie on top of the filling and lightly press.