Chocolate Carbohydrate Cookies (Homemade Oreos)

 

With hints of the iconic childhood favorite, our Chocolate Sugar Cookies are a delicious Oreo copycat.

We took our best recipe Cut-Out Sugar Cookie Recipe in addition to turned them into a rich, chocolate saccharide cookie perfect for sandwiching alongside a layer of fluffy white vanilla cream frosting. While softer than an Oreo, these chocolate sandwich cookies are hence much better. No imitation tasting cream inwards the middle either!

 

The fluffy vanilla filling is made alongside butter, 2 kinds of sugar, vanilla in addition to a comport upon of milk.

I don’t hear maxim that I’m non a fan of icing made alongside shortening. The icky after-taste in addition to mouthfeel is non a favorite. However to live a truthful Oreo copycat our filling had to induce got a prissy fluffy texture in addition to live footling less creamy than a traditional buttercream icing. After a footling interrogation I flora a recipe for cream filling past times Martha Stewart that sounded perfect. With a few modest tweaks, we’re inwards business!  Using both powdered in addition to granulated saccharide provided the texture we’re looking for. The filling is fluffy in addition to sweet, but non inwards a bad way!  You’ll discovery these chocolate saccharide cookies induce got a familiar season in addition to a unique personality.

 

Our chocolate saccharide cookies (faux-reos) are nifty for gifting or packing inwards a lunchbox.

Make this recipe your ain past times cutting out whatever shape you lot need! Think smoldering hearts for Valentine’s Day or spooky cats for Halloween. We used a 2 1/2-inch fluted cookie cutter, but experience costless to brand them smaller if you lot want. You don’t induce got to sandwich them together either. Cut the cookies out a footling thicker, in addition to drizzle icing on overstep instead. No thing what shape or size you lot make, these cookies continue good for days. If you lot involve to brand these chocolate saccharide cookies ahead of time, no worries, they freeze beautifully for upwards to iii months! Just hold off to decorate the cookies afterward they’re thawed. Your kiddos large in addition to little volition live thrilled to discovery a few of these treats tucked inwards their lunchbox or equally an afterward schoolhouse snack alongside a drinking glass of mutual coldness milk.

 

Made alongside a few uncomplicated pantry ingredients in addition to a combination of Dutch-process in addition to dark cocoa for deep, rich flavor.

We started alongside our basic saccharide cookie recipe in addition to tweaked it past times replacing business office of the flour alongside Dutch-process cocoa powder. Then nosotros replaced one-half the cocoa alongside black cocoa powder giving these chocolate saccharide cookies an intense, nighttime color in addition to memorable flavor. To brand certain you lot don’t missy all this lovely chocolate (haha) we’ve also added simply a hint of espresso powder (found close the java inwards your local grocery store) which enhances the whole season profile.

 

Grab a drinking glass of H2O ice mutual coldness milk in addition to dunk away!

 

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Chocolate Sugar Cookies (Homemade Oreos)

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

8 hrs 30 mins

 

Lightly sweet, nighttime chocolate cookies sandwiched alongside a fluffy vanilla cream filling - homemade Oreos!

Course:

Cookies, Dessert

Servings: 24 sandwich cookies

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

For the cookies:

• 
  1
  cup
  unsalted butter,
  room temperature
  


• 
  1
  ounce
  cream cheese,
  room temperature
  


• 
  1
  cup
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  1
  large egg
  


• 
  1 1/2
  teaspoons
  vanilla extract
  


• 
  2 1/2
  cups
  all-purpose flour
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  Dutch-process cocoa pulverization
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  black cocoa *
  


• 
  1/8
  teaspoon
  espresso pulverization (optional)
  


• 
  1 1/2
  teaspoons
  baking powder
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  salt
  


• 
  Parchment paper
  

For the filling:

• 
  8
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter,
  room temperature
  


• 
  1/2
  cup
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  3
  cups
  powdered sugar
  


• 
  2
  teaspoons
  vanilla extract
  


• 
  2
  teaspoons
  milk or cream,
  more or less equally needed for desired consistency
  

Instructions

To laid upwards the cookies:

1. 
   
   In a large mixing bowl shell butter in addition to cream cheese together alongside an electrical mixer until good blended. Add the saccharide in addition to shell until low-cal in addition to fluffy. Add the egg in addition to vanilla in addition to shell until combined.
   
   


2. 
   

   In a little bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa powders, espresso powder, baking pulverization in addition to salt. Add one-half the flour mixture to the butter in addition to saccharide in addition to blend on depression until incorporated. Add the terminal one-half of the flour mixture in addition to shell until a soft dough forms. Add additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a fourth dimension until the dough is soft in addition to no longer sticky. For best results, practise non add together to a greater extent than than 1 or 2 additional tablespoons of flour or the cookies may live dry. The dough volition theatre upwards when refrigerated.

   
   


3. 
   

   Gather the dough into a ball in addition to cutting into 4 pieces. Press 1 ball of dough onto a slice of parchment paper. Cover alongside a 2d slice of parchment. Using a rolling pin, whorl the dough to 1/6th or 1/4th inch thickness. Place the entire sail of parchment in addition to rolled out cookie dough onto a large baking sail hence the dough volition live flat. Repeat alongside the remaining iii pieces of cookie dough, stacking the rolled out dough on overstep of each other. Refrigerate the dough for at to the lowest degree 8 hours, or upwards to 2 days.

   
   


4. 
   

   Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets alongside parchment newspaper in addition to laid aside.

   
   


5. 
   
   When ready to bake, take 1 disc of cookie dough from the fridge in addition to cutting into the desired shapes. Transfer the unbaked cookies to the prepared baking sail most 2-inches apart. Gather whatever scraps together in addition to refrigerate until you’ve cutting out all the remaining dough.
   
   


6. 
   

   Bake for 8 to 10 minutes (depending on the size in addition to thickness of the cookie or until the cookies are laid in addition to you lot kickoff to aroma chocolate. For best results, practise non over-bake! Cool on the pan for 3-4 minutes in addition to hence take to a wire rack to cool completely earlier filling. Repeat volition all remaining dough. Gather the dough scraps together in addition to whorl out on parchment. Refrigerate or freeze for 10 minutes, in addition to hence cutting in addition to bake.

   
   

To laid upwards the filling:

1. 
   

   In a medium mixing bowl shell the butter until low-cal in addition to fluffy. Add the granulated saccharide in addition to vanilla in addition to shell until combined. Add one-half the powdered saccharide in addition to mix on depression until incorporated. Add the remaining powdered saccharide in addition to mix again, scraping downwards the sides of the bowl equally needed. Add the milk, 1 teaspoon at a fourth dimension until you lot achieve a creamy but theatre consistency.

   
   

To get together the cookies:

1. 
   

   Using a little cookie scoop, dollop most 2 tablespoons (a heaping cookie scoop) of filling onto the centre of one-half the cookies. Top alongside remaining cookies in addition to gently press in addition to twist until the filling reaches the edges. Repeat.

   
   

Recipe Notes

• For these cookies I used a 2-1/2 inch fluted cookie cutter in addition to rolled the dough to 1/6th inch thickness.


• Do non set unbaked cookies on a hot cookie sail until ready to bake. It volition drive them to spread.


• DO NOT OVER-BAKE! The cookies should live simply laid in addition to you lot should aroma chocolate.


• Baking fourth dimension volition vary depending on the size, width in addition to thickness of the cookies.


• Refrigerate filled cookies until ready to serve.


• Baked, cooled, unfilled cookies tin give the axe live frozen for upwards to 3 months.


• These cookies brand nifty H2O ice cream sandwiches too. Fill alongside your favorite H2O ice cream in addition to freeze until firm. Store inwards an airtight container inwards the freezer for upwards to 3 months.

Filling recipe adapted from Martha Stewart

* Use dark or nighttime cocoa powder, or all Dutch processed cocoa if desired.

 

SRFD recommends this rolling pin:

Rolling out our chocolate saccharide cookies is a breeze alongside this adjustable rolling pivot alongside removable rings. The perfect tool for even thickness in addition to ensure uniform baking. Removable discs larn inwards uncomplicated to whorl your dough to 1/16, 1/6, 1/4, in addition to 3/8-inch thickness. This rolling pivot measures 16.5 inches long in addition to 2.5 inches inwards diameter. It’s made of solid beech woods in addition to cleans upwards beautifully. The plastic rings are etched alongside the measurements; in addition to plastic screws tally the rings inwards place. Hand-wash for best results!

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Here are a few to a greater extent than cookie recipes you lot mightiness enjoy:

Everybody needs a nifty Cut-Out Sugar Cookie recipe that’s slowly to make, tastes fantastic, in addition to 1 that holds its shape when baked. We’ve got that perfect recipe correct here! I’ve taken my mom’s onetime saccharide cookie recipe in addition to tweaked it into the BEST fool-proof saccharide cookie recipe ever. Once you lot endeavour this recipe, you’ll trust it always. Click HERE to larn the recipe.

 

 

Classic Whoopie Pies Chocolate cake-like batter is baked into large, soft hamburger-sized, bun shaped cookies then filled alongside a fluffy, sweetness marshmallow frosting. Click HERE to larn the recipe.

 

 

Oatmeal Cream Pies – soft, chewy oatmeal cookies alongside hints of cinnamon, molasses in addition to coconut, alongside a sweetness marshmallow cream filling. Click HERE to larn the recipe.

Thanks hence much for stopping by!  Tricia

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