Oreos
INGREDIENTS
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oreos
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FEBRUARY 24, 2010 BY ALANA 8 COMMENTS
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Over the last couple of days, something has become very clear to me.
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I live in a part of the world where people are conscious about the food they eat. The Co-op gets as much business as the Price Chopper, and each of our many CSA’s have long wait lists, full of people just begging for celeriac and spinach. To put it
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But I knew all of that. What I did not know is that there is also a deep passion in the hearts of my friends and neighbors for the oreo cookie.
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You see, I’ve been working on this cookie lately. I’ve had a few homemade oreos in my day, and although I’m never one to refuse a cookie, they don’t tend to do the trick. So often, the cookie part is downright chewy, and that is just wrong, a
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And there’s another thing. For an oreo to really be an oreo, the cookie must be black. It must be crunchy, and it must get stuck in the teeth. For the joy of the oreo is that it cannot be secretly consumed; the moment the mouth opens to deny the ea
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I’m good at keeping secrets when it matters, but at other times, I’m a bit of a talker. And as I’ve immersed myself in this oreo adventure, I’ve mentioned it here and there, just that this is what I’m working on this week. Every time, I get
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“Can I come over?”
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I’m thinking I could make a lot of friends with these cookies.
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In this oreo, the cookie that sandwiches the cream is adapted from Alice Medrich’s cocoa wafer from that book that I adore, Pure Dessert. I lowered the sugar in the cookie quite a bit to keep the bitter cocoa quality that the store- bought oreo has
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Due to some serious sweet eating last week, Joey and the girls decided to take the week off from sugar this week. Well, actually, I decided that the girls would take a week off and Joey decided to join them. I was very supportive of his sweet-free we
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He held off for two days, and then I did something I am not proud of. I begged.
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Tonight, he consented. After Sadie was safely in bed where she could not witness his betrayal, he ate one, and then he ate another to be sure.
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“I need milk. And I need more cookies.”
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Oh yes. The real deal.
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Oreos
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The Cookie:
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1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
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3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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14 tablespoons unsalted butter, slightly softened
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3 tablespoons whole milk
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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The Filling:
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2 ounces unsalted butter, softened
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2 ounces Earth Balance brand vegetable shortening, softened
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1 cup confectioners sugar
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 tablespoon whole milk
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1 tablespoon vanilla
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