Yep, just like the real thing. Only better!

Ingredients:

Cookie base:
1 1/2 cups + 3 Tablespoons Flour
3/4 cup sugar + 1 Tablespoons
1/2 cup dark cocoa powder
1/4 cup + 1 Tablespoons black (dark will do if you can't find black) cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
15 TB unsalted butter, cubed, and chilled

Filling:
1/2 stick room temp butter
1/4 cup shortening
2 cups sifted confectioners sugar
2 tsp vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powders, baking soda, and salt in a mixer. On low, add the butter a few pieces at a time. Mix until dough comes together. This will take a long time, around 10 minutes. You will think you did something wrong, but just wait, it will happen!

Form dough into a ball and divide in half. Chill. Once chilled, take half out at a time and roll to somewhere between 1/8″ and 1/4″ think.

Using a cookie cutter, cut out cookies and place on baking sheet. Bake until done, about 8 to 10 minutes depending the size of your cookie. Let cool completely before filling.

For the filling: Beat until light and fluffy, which will take some effort. It will be very dry and you will again think you’ve done something wrong. Fear not, it will happen and you will soon be eating cookies that taste like oreos, but are so much better.

Take the filling and put into a piping bag (or a plastic baggie) and pipe a small amount of filling onto half the cookies. The filling is stiff, so prepare to use those muscles again. The press another cookie on top and there you have it. Oreos. Well, these are far better because they lack preservatives and you make them yourself!

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