Deep delicious chocolate, with a cream filling that is WAY better than the blue package!
Ingredients
Cookie:
1¼ cups (155 grams) all-purpose flour
½ cup Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa or black cocoa
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons (1¼ sticks) room-temperature butter
1 large egg
For the filling:
¼ cup (1/2 stick) room-temperature butter
¼ cup vegetable shortening
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
In a food processor, or bowl of an electric mixer, mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and sugar. While pulsing, or on low speed, add the butter, and then the egg. Continue processing or mixing until dough comes together in a mass. You could do this by hand, but the machine is quicker and smoother.
You could put these in balls and place them on the parchment, flatten them, then bake right away. I rolled them into 2 logs the diameter of an Oreo and refrigerated them until solid, then sliced and baked them. For a crispy cookie, bake 10-12 minutes. Watch closely so they don't scorch. For a softer cookie, bake for 6-8 minutes, Take the cookie sheet out and wait about a minute. Slide the cookies off onto a baking rack to cool.
To make the filling, blend the butter and shortening in a mixing bowl, and at low speed, beat in the sugar and vanilla. Turn the mixer on high and beat for 2 to 3 minutes until filling is light and fluffy.
To assemble the cookies, frost the flat side of one cookie, then place another cookie on top, flat side down. This goes much quicker if you pipe the filling on. If you have a pastry bag, you could use a round tip and all that. But, if you don't have all that stuff, just put the filling in a small plastic zipper bag, snip a corner off to about ¼-1/2 inch opening and squeeze a blob onto your cookie, about a teaspoon sized blob. Top with another cookie of the same size. LIghtly press until filling comes close to the edges of the cookies. Repeat with remaining cookies.
Recipe by Messin' With Perfection at https://www.messinwithperfection.com/homemade-oreo-cookies/