Name: Home-Made Oreos®
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: Makes about 16 home-made oreos®
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 egg, beaten; 125 g (4½ oz/1 cup) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 350 g (12 oz) light brown sugar (or 325 g/11½ oz caster (superfine) sugar + 25 g/1 oz molasses); 85 g (3 oz) cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract; 2 pinches salt; 165 g (5¾ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter, softened; 30 g (1 oz) coconut oil, at room temperature; 150 g (5½ oz) unsalted butter, softened

Preparation info

Makes about
16
home-made oreos®

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

New York Cult Recipes

By Marc Grossman

Published 2013

About

Here is my recipe for Oreos®, recreating the traditional sandwich cookie at home.

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

150 g (5½ oz) unsalted butter, softened
350 g (1

Method

The Dough

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar vigorously until light and creamy. Combine all the dry ingredients together. Add to the butter – sugar mixture, alternating with the beaten egg and vanilla until smooth. Shape into a ball, cover loosely in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.