Home made Oreo Cookies.

Ok, Today I was supposed to be making cupcakes for AJ's birthday party. But the thought was just much to daunting for a night of no sleep, a pounding pressure headache and too much heat outside. So, these seemed like the way to go. Although I'm not sure they were to much less work they were a lot less ingredients. To me, the means less finding and putting away.
The original recipe I used was from "The Cupcake Project" It is an awesome blog that I've been loving and is really what kicked me in the butt to start a new Blog. I've been thinking about it, but it's time for doing.
Anyhow...
I should now mention that I did not do it as the recipe is written there. I'm sure had I, these would have tasted way more like regular Oreos'. However, I don't like sweet. so I cut the sugar in half. So here is the original recipe from the cupcake Project . and here is the version I made today. For the butter in the recipe,  I cheated and set mine in a glass bowl outside in the 35 degree Celsius heat for 5 mins, so the butter was plenty warm and the bowl was to. so it softened up really nice with a fork.


The Cookie

• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened Cocoa
• 1t Baking soda
• 1t Baking powder
•  1/4 t salt
• 1C sugar ( I used Raw sugar)
• 1/2C + 2T butter (room temp or softer)
• 1 lg egg

Mix flour, Cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl. 

soften the butter in bowl with the back of a fork and add egg. mix and then add to flour mixture.

combine the two together until you get a mass of dough. 

Roll 1teaspoon pieces of the dough into balls then squish them onto a lined baking sheet (you want them fairly flat.)  And really one teaspoon is enough trust me. lol

Bake these off for 9 mins in a pre-heated 375 degree oven theses will burn fast. pay attention!! Cool on a rack. I strongly suggest letting them either sit on the sheet until they start to cool or just lift the whole sheet (I used Wax paper) and set that on top. Trying to move them before they are ready will result in lots of broken cookies!!

The filling... MMMM

• 1/2 cup  minus 2 T of butter (room temp or softer)
• 2T of coconut oil
• 1C confectioners sugar
• 2t of vanilla extract

Put Butter coconut oil and Vanilla extract in a bowl. Using a mixer blend together adding the sugar a little at a time until you get a nice fluffy icing. If you want it stiffer add more sugar. (Original recipe calls for 1 more cup). Now.. try to keep your fingers out or you will run out before you fill your cookies!!

Grab 2 cookies halves of completely cooled cookie that are close to the same size and put a spoonful (teaspoon or so) amount on the bottom side of the cookie. get your other half and put it on. Give the top a little 1/4 turn to help cover the whole cookie in filling and voila! enjoy.

review

CJ loved the cookie part but the filling, not so much. I think he would have liked it better with all the sugar in it. JT and AJ loved them and asked for more. I'm a big fan. But think that they would stay together better with more sugar. But that's not important enough for me to put it all in. I may try some though with it all just to see the difference. Maybe do a batch half and half.  I took some over to my trusty taste testing neighbours so I'll see what they think when they get home. Todd I'm sure will be into them right when he gets home from golfing this afternoon. I'm pretty sure they will be a hit with him. He, like me, isn't to into the sweet and is a fan of Vanilla which you can definitely taste in the filling. I was a little concerned the coconut oil taste would show up too much, but you don't really notice it. The vanilla definitely over powers it. Maybe swap out more butter for it next time.
Update;
Todd thought they were really good, and the neighbours (Angela and Erin) told me I was awesome. (that could partly be because they came home to treats already sitting on their counter.)  I told them I only used half the sugar and they replied that they were sweet enough for their tastes to. Angela's 6 year old apparently loved them to.