Home-Made Oreos®

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: 350 g (12 oz) light brown sugar (or 325 g/11½ oz caster (superfine) sugar + 25 g/1 oz molasses); 1 egg, beaten; 125 g (4½ oz/1 cup) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 30 g (1 oz) coconut oil, at room temperature; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter, softened; 165 g (5¾ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract; 85 g (3 oz) cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 pinches salt; 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

Americas
United States
Cookies
Vegetarian
New York

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.