Oreo cookies seem to be pervasive in this country. Oreo cookies showed up at every party while I was growing up, and they are still used in countless desserts. My personal favorite is Oreo cheesecake (not to slight my Oreo cupcakes). Oreo cheesecake was in the dessert cycle in our cafeteria on Semester at Sea and I just couldn't resist it! Just the thought of an Oreo seems to bring a childlike grin to 80% of the population (the result of my informal study).
I've always liked the Oreo, but since I could read and understand product labels, I've never been a fan of their ingredients. I've also never really loved the filling.
For this month's Taste & Create, I was again paired with Heaven is Chocolate, Cheese, and Carbs. Last time, I made her amazing naan recipe. This time, I had to try out the homemade oreo recipe.
How Were the Homemade Oreo Cookies?
The homemade Oreo cookies were just like the ones from the store - they even had that same, familiar smell. The only difference was that they were better. I used some vanilla bean paste in the cream which made them all the more tasty, and the cookies were super fresh and crispy. Also, I was able to make the cookies in a variety of sizes.
Since you are making them yourself, you could try making Oreo cookies in different shapes! Imagine the possibilities with creativity and a good set of cookie cutters - perhaps shamrock Oreos with green food coloring for St. Patrick's Day!
The Oreo Cookie Recipe
As I mentioned above, I got the Oreo cookie recipe from Laurie of Heaven is Chocolate, Cheese, and Carbs. Laurie got the recipe from Smitten Kitchen, who got the recipe from the book Retro Desserts by Wayne Brachman. Clearly, this recipe is a slut. I am reprinting it below with my notes.
The Chocolate Wafers
Makes about 40 Oreo average sized Oreo cookies. It's hard for me to say exactly since I made a variety of sizes.
The Filling
Special Thanks
Special thanks go to my mom who was my assistant baker for these Oreos. She was making a special visit to St. Louis so that she could touch my belly.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Oreo Cookies Made From Scratch - Just Like the Ones From the Box, Only Better
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47 comments:
"Clearly, this recipe is a slut."
Lol, lol, lol!
Great recipe, thanks to all those who passed "her" around!
Oh my gosh do these look good. I'm a total sucker for an Oreo, but like you, I never buy them because of the unhealthy ingredients. Now, I'll just make my own!
I was just talking to a friend about making our own oreo cookies, new there had to be a recipe out there somewhere, found one later that day but yours look much more like the real mccoy. Do you suppose that a cookie stamp would work for the wafer?
Lanny - I wondered about that too. I bet it would! You should try it and let me know!
These look great! I rarely buy Oreos because they are so EXPENSIVE! I might have to try out this recipe! But I see you have used vanilla paste in a bunch of your recent recipes. I have yet to come across it anywhere. Where are you finding it, and does it make the vanilla taste a lot more prominent?
Elims23 - It would work fine with regular vanilla extra. I just LOVE vanilla bean paste. It really punches up the vanilla flavor. You can find it at William Sonama or Sur La Table or you can buy it online.
If these taste anything like they look, I'm addicted!
The Oreo is celebrating it's birthday on March 6th. I must "borrow" this link for the post I did last year.
Thanks for sharing, Stef...
I HAVE to try this. Love it.
They are my favorite cookies but I actually prefer the Joe Joes from trader joes. This handmade version clearly smokes them all!!
Looks scrumptious !
Thanks for the comment on my blog anyway..
Brilliant
Mmm. Sounds good to me.
Michelle
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I've been wanting to make my own oreos for ages now, these look great!
Cool! I don't really love Oreos plain but I do like Oreo Cheesecake and make one of my own that is worth sharing. But the men in my house love them and usually have a package of Oreos stashed somewhere. I never thought of making my own but you make it sound fun!
Way cool. Love the Oreo squishing demo! :)
I made these tonight... they are definitely trumping the store-bought Oreos. They do tend to spread, so they're quite large -- I only needed to eat one to feel satisfied (unlike Oreos). One thing that happened with mine, though, was that they were still fairly chewy in the middle -- maybe they needed to cool overnight?
Only had vanilla extract; would love to try again with vanilla bean paste.
Thanks so much for the awesome recipe post!
Jenny - Hmmm. I didn't have that problem at all. I wonder if maybe the dough wasn't pressed thin enough? Glad you liked them though!
Thanks for the recipe! I am currently in the middle of putting them together.
I have one question though... There is a... buttery? aftertaste to my cookies. I followed all the right steps. Do you have any idea as to why they taste a bit off (but not enough to stop eating them!)
Blake - No idea. Sorry. If you had said the buttery aftertaste was in the filling that would make sense because the original recipe called for shortening, but I prefer real butter. But, the cookies didn't seem to have any kind of buttery aftertaste to me.
Delicious! We loved them SO much...I've got all of my family wanting to make them now....or wanting me to make them for their family. :) Thanks so much for the recipe!
anything home-made is tons better.. and i would just love to have some of these.. yum!
Just made these - delish!
gonna make them 1st thing tomorrow morning!
totally stealing this for my christmas cookie swap this year. can. not. wait.
What is the texture of the cookie part? I've made these several times and theyre DELICIOUS but the cookie itself is rather soft and crumbly, even if I bake longer than recommended. I'd like to make some to ship but afraid of them crumbling.
Thanks!
Samantha - Don't remember them being so soft. Did you try rolling them a bit thinner? If you pack them in a tupperware between sheets of waxed paper, they should probably ship just fine.
I made these cookies last night. What kind of texture should the cookies have? They were good but the cookie came out really crisp and brittle. Like sugar crisp as opposed to a crisp cookie. They spread out really, really thin and did not look as thick and your cookies. I think I followed the recipe correctly any clue?
Meseidy - Hmm.. I'm at a loss here. Did you see Samantha's comment where she said they were too soft? Maybe you guys need to talk and come up with a happy medium. It's hard for me to say what might have gone wrong.
I've been wanting to make homemade Oreos for a while and was about to today and realized I was out of Dutch-process cocoa - Smitten Kitchen's recipe uses this. I noticed your recipe just says "unsweetened cocoa", which I have on hand, so I just wanted to clarify that you used regular unsweetened cocoa instead of Dutch-process and they still turned out fine... Thanks! :)
Jamie - Yeah, I just used unsweetened cocoa powder and it worked fine. Good luck!
These are great. I originally found them on SmittenKitten's page. A couple things I do different, for anyone who is interested: I use all butter for the frosting. I've never tried it with butter/shortening so I can't really comment how good or bad it is, but the all-butter is really good. I also don't use 2 whole cups of powdered sugar in the frosting. Closer to 1.5c and it's still plenty sweet. I made these for July 4th and put mint extract in the frosting (as well as vanilla) and they turned out great. Other flavors would probably be good too (I'm thinking almond!) Also, I made a pie crust out of these by crushing approx. 1 recipe worth of cookies in a food processor with 6tbs melted butter and pressing it into a pie plate. Baked at 375F for about 10 minutes. It puffed up a little on me, so next time I'll try blind baking the crust with parchment paper and beans. Anyway, after the crust was cooled, I filled it with homemade chocolate pudding and topped with peppermint whipped cream. It was divine! A great way to make homemade oreo pie crusts.
Jen - It's funny, when I read your comment I was confused because I was sure that I also used all butter. I never use shortening. Then, I checked the recipe and I see that I wrote it with the shortening. I definitely should have mentioned that I also opted for all butter. Great idea with the pie crust too! Thanks for sharing.
This recipe is missing an ingredient. It should call for a 6', big, strong man to hold me down so that I won't eat all of the cookies before I get to make the filling.
Seriously though, has anyone tried double baking the cookies to make them crispier? I have one pan out (half a pan, now) and they're pretty soft and gooey. I'm thinking about putting them back in for a bit.
I am sad...it doesn't make enough!!! Found the recipe through a friend and it is wunnerful! But, I only ended up with 15 cookie sands. Very sad. Especially when divided by 3. Thankfully, as a diabetic, I only got one. LOL.
Kazul - I wonder if you made yours particularly big. Sorry that it didn't make enough for you.
Stef...didn't matter, my son loved them. Said they were nice that they weren't like the regular 'bite' size oreos, these one were cookie size!lolol!
I made these this afternoon and they are excellent! Thanks!
Hi, I'm from Germany and I just love your site with all those great recipes! I just have a problem with figuring out the American scale unit. I don't know if that is a typo, but why is the c after the ingredients a capital letter, is it a bigger cup? :D I would love to make the cookies but since I don't know how much I need to put in there, I am kind of lost :)
thanks in advance.
C is just for cups. There is no big and small cup. :) You can use this site http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/tools.measures/Measures.cfm to convert to metric.
thanks Stef!
looking forward to baking these :)
Thanks for sharing this recipe. My son has major food allergy issue. He's been begging to try the Oreos. Now, I can make these for him without the harmful ingredients.
Thanks for sharing this recipe. My son has major food allergy issue. He's been begging to try the Oreos. Now, I can make these for him without the harmful ingredients.
I made these last night. They came out soft but hardened up overnight. They are really delicious but NOT Oreos! The oreo cookie is not sweet and has a firmer texture. This cookie is better as a reverse chocolate chip cookie -- just add white chocolate chips. I am still looking for a real Oreo cookie recipe. Anyone have one?
Here's the BIG secret to real Oreo/Hydrox cookies:
BLACK COCOA
King Arthur sells these in 1lb bags on their web site.
I just made the cookies... They don't really taste like Oreos.. but they are awesome!! The cream is out of this world!! I left the cookies on the cookie sheet till cooled. This crisped them up perfectly. A friend of mine came over and tried a cookie she loved them and said they are like Whoopie Pies (native to Northern New England) but we'll call them Cookie Pies.. Thanks for the recipe!!
Delicious! I made these for cookie bags as Christmas presents for people, and they came out wonderful. Im sure everyone will love them, too!
I have a lot of bitter chocolate lying around. Can I substitute it for the cocoa? If so, how?
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