Homemade Oreo Cookies

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Homemade Oreo cookies are just like the iconic cookie, only bigger and better! They are perfect for dunking and you can let your imagination go wild with filling flavors… or put as much filling as you want.

These cookies taste just like the iconic chocolate sandwich cookie we all know and love. They are crunchy, chocolaty and just a bit salty with a lovely vanilla cream filling to hold them all together.

My family has always had a thing for Oreo cookies. Every once in a while my mom would buy a couple of packages of Oreos and an extra gallon of milk and we would have an Oreofest.

We would all dunk to our heart’s content. I loved dunking a whole cookie until it was good and soggy and practically melted in my mouth.

Of course there are the filling scrapers. Or you could be like Little Dude and save the filling from several cookies to make one super stuffed cookie that is savored at the end.

No matter how you choose to eat them, I think most of us agree there is something about them that makes them special. So of course I had to go about making them myself.

How this recipe is different

A lot of recipes for homemade Oreos almost look like whoopie pies. The cookies are too thick and look a bit pillowy.

These cookies do not have that problem. Then are thin, flat and full of black cocoa flavor.

Just like the real deal, these cookies have just enough salt to register on your taste buds. They aren’t too sweet on their own.

When you bite them they crunch and the cream filling is the perfect thing to hold them together and add some extra sugar to the mix. They give you those little black crumbs just like the real deal as well, this is the full experience!

Of course making this Oreo recipe is more work than opening a package, but I think you will find they are worth the effort. They are sure to impress you friends and family, plus you have complete creative freedom!

I didn’t have the right size circle cookie cutter, so I grabbed a biscuit cutter instead. This meant we got to dig into to great big mega Oreos which are of course our new favorite size.

Afterall you can eat just a couple of cookies instead of going through a half a row. The math feels better when it’s all said and done.

The Cookies

The cookie dough is super simple. There are no leavening agents or eggs to make them spread to puff up.

They are butter based with just enough powdered sugar to counteract the bitter cocoa powder. I used black cocoa powder to get a similar color to the store-bought cookies.

Black cocoa not only gives you the deep color, but it has a milder chocolate flavor. You can find it online or in specialty shops if your grocery store doesn’t carry it.

If you can’t find black cocoa, dutch or dark cocoa powder will work. The color just won’t be quite as deep.

The dough itself is pretty stiff and almost crumbly. Go ahead and form it into a disk and refrigerate it before trying to roll it out.

To keep from getting white flour spots on your dark cookies, use cocoa powder or a mix of flour and cocoa powder on your surface and rolling pin. Then roll the dough out to about 1/8-inch thick.

The combination of the chilled dough and thin cookie will help to make a nice crisp cookie. Allow them to cool completely before you add the filling.

The Filling

This filling is essentially a crusting buttercream. It is made on the thicker side so it sets up between the cookies and doesn’t make them soggy.

You can spread it over the cookies or pipe it on. Either way works, so do whatever you are more comfortable with.

The recipe makes enough to put a thin layer of frosting between the cookies, think of it as an original Oreo amount. You can easily make extra frosting if you want to go for double stuff, or even more if you want to go for Mega Stuf!

Of course vanilla is the traditional filling flavor, but you can easily make it your own. Add a splash of peppermint extract for mint chocolate cookies.

Or use peanut butter in place of some of the butter for a peanut butter chocolate celebration. Orange extract, a bit of cocoa powder, or even a splash of coffee extract would be fun to experiment with as well.

Let your heart and taste preferences help you decide what kind of filling to make and how much to add. There is no right or wrong answer.

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More Fun Cookie Recipes

If you are looking for some more fun cookies to get people talking, try making some peanut butter paw print cookies. They are a super cute twist on a classic peanut butter blossom and they are always a hit.

Kitchen sink cookies are another great copycat recipe. They are just like Panera Bread’s cookies and have bits of pretzels, chocolate and caramel baked inside.

Sometimes cookie bars are the way to go, they are faster and still so tasty. Soft funfetti sugar cookie bars are a great example of that. They have loads of sprinkles baked inside and when topped with Funfetti buttercream, they are like a party in cookie form.

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