This is a great recipe because the end result is so beautiful and delicious that everyone will assume that the cookies were much more difficult to make than they really are. Picture from the blog Smitten Kitchen, one of the many places I've seen this recipe:
Cookie part:
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I used dark chocolate)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter (softened)
1 egg
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I used dark chocolate)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter (softened)
1 egg
Stir together dry ingredients then work in butter and egg. I eschewed mixing spoons, using my hands to grind dough together. Final dough will be moist and crumbly, like wet sand. Form small balls and squish flat on a cookie sheet. Bake 9 minutes at 375.
Cream filling part
1/4 cup butter (softened)
1/4 cup crisco
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup crisco
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Beat together until fluffy. This took me a couple minutes mixing by hand. Spread icing on cookie. Top with another cookie. Yum.
A few tweaks for next time: I thought the cookie part tasted great, but I may reduce the sugar to make them better resemble real oreos; also, I couldn't get my cookies as flat as the ones in the picture, rolling the dough or flattening with something better than the palm of my hand could make a difference. Definitely making these again though. May try peppermint frosting next time. Also, I think the cookie part would work great for ice cream sandwiches... endless possibilities.
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