Homemade Oreos
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Add 1 and 1/4 cups of flour to a bowl.
- 2Add 1/3 cup of cocoa powder to the bowl.
- 3Add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
- 4Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- 5Combine all dry ingredients together using a whisk.
- 6Melt 1/2 cup of butter in a separate bowl.
- 7Add 1/3 cup of maple syrup to the melted butter.
- 8Add 1 whole teaspoon of vanilla to the butter and maple syrup mixture.
- 9Combine the wet ingredients (melted butter, maple syrup, vanilla) with the dry ingredients.
- 10Mix until it turns into a dough.
- 11Place the dough on parchment paper and freeze for 15 minutes.
- 12Once chilled, flatten the dough.
- 13Use a circle cutter to cut out small circles from the flattened dough.
- 14Remove the remaining dough around the circles; this can be re-rolled and used for more cookies.
- 15Transfer the parchment paper with the cookie circles onto a baking pan.
- 16Bake the cookies at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes.
- 17Let the baked cookies chill for at least 10 minutes.
- 18For the cream filling, add 6 tablespoons of softened butter to a bowl.
- 19Add 1 cup of powdered sugar.
- 20Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- 21Mix the cream filling ingredients, optionally using your hands.
- 22Add a dollop of the cream filling to the bottom side of a cookie.
- 23Place another cookie on top of the cream filling and gently sandwich them together.
Ingredients
- 1.25 cups flour
- 0.33 cups cocoa powder
- 0.25 tsp baking soda
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 0.5 cups butter
- 0.33 cups maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6 tbsp softened butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Equipment
whiskbowlparchment papercookie cutterbaking panoven
Tips
- Use real vanilla, not synthetic.
- You can ball up and use the leftover dough for more cookies.