Here’s a “fun” summer project: make your own homemade Oreo cookies! Will you save money? Who can say! Will they be healthier? Probably not! Will your friends think you have too much time on your hands? Yes, but they’ll appreciate the free baked goods. [Post Tribune]
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I wonder how many people are contemplating cutting to the chase and just making a pound of that white filling.
What’s with the scare quotes around fun? If you like to bake I bet this really would be a lot of fun. They’ll probably taste better than store-bought Oreos too.
@timmus: I’m actually more interested in the cookie part, as I use them for milkshakes.
It’ll go perfect with my homemade Coke.
The King Artuhur Flour Cookie Companion, the cookbook that these cookies came out of, is amazing. There is also a recipe in it for “south seas” cookies, a homemade version of the Girl Scout Samoas cookies.
This post reminded me of this website:
[www.topsecretrecipes.com]
They also have oreos
@timmus: Hells yeah!
I haven’t looked, but I am guessing confectionary sugar, Crisco, and granulated sugar…
Here’s a tip to make it even more fun – make homemade Oreos (which I’ve done before), but make the filling mint-flavored, and add way too much green food coloring. When I brought these cookies into the office, it was apparent by mid-afternoon who had abstained and who had indulged (not least because some of the indulgers were going around grossing everyone out by sticking out their bright-green tongues).
@RevRagnarok: Apparently the filling is a simple buttercream frosting with gelatin added to make it thicker. Now you know.
This is a much better recipe for homemade oreos:
[smittenkitchen.com]
Would be fun to make with kids.
@Chris Walters: I’ve made plenty of butter cream frosting and Oreo stuff. They are not the same thing. Stuff is just vegetable shortening and powdered sugar with a bit of vanilla flavoring.
@ludwigk: Is it wrong that when I read your description of Stuff my mouth watered? *sigh*
On a related note, has anyone spotted any Hydrox cookies around?