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Homemade Oreos
These Homemade Oreos are kicked up a notch with cinnamon. These heart shaped cookies are perfect to give some love to your favorite people.
Course
Dessert
Prep Time
2
hours
hours
Cook Time
12
minutes
minutes
Total Time
2
hours
hours
12
minutes
minutes
Servings
30
Author
Aubrey
Ingredients
Cookies
2 ¼
c
flour
1
tsp
baking powder
¼
tsp
salt
½
tsp
cinnamon
¼
c
unsweetened cocoa powder
2
sticks
1 cup butter
1
c
brown sugar
1
egg
1 ½
vanilla
Filling
1
stick
1/2 cup butter, softened
½
cup
vegetable shortening
3
c
powdered sugar
sifted
1
tsp
vanilla
red food coloring
Instructions
cookie
in a large bowl cream together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy
mix in the egg and vanilla
in a med bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and cinnamon
mix flour mixture into butter mixture in three batches
put dough into a plastic bag and flatten out into a flat disc
refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight
preheat oven to 350 degrees
roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch
use a heart shaped cookie cutter and cut out cookies
place on a parchment lined cookie sheet
bake for 12 min
remove to cool on a wire rack
while the cookies cool make the filling
filling
in an electric mixer whip together butter and shortening until fluffy
add in vanilla extract
mix int powdered sugar a little at a time
add food coloring until pink
Once cookies are cooled frost the bottom of half of the cookies with 1 tablespoon of filling then place second cookie on top
enjoy