Chocolate Chip Oreo Cookies

Cookie in a cookie!  I thought these were cute, so I just had to try them.  They turned out really good.  Someone on the blog I got them from, Lovin' From the Oven, said they tasted like cookies and cream.  I am not sure I got that.  But I only tried two and each cookie was a lot different because I found that the amount of Oreo in each dough blob varied a lot.  I made them for our department BBQ tonight.  There were a lot of people there so they were gone in like 60 seconds (along with the rest of the desserts).


I did adjust for altitude.  I have secretly been making cookies and not posting them to blog.  I am trying to find the perfect high altitude chocolate chip cookie recipe.  And I have been really not satisfied at all.  I have tried a few different recipes that many people claim are "the best chocolate chip cookie ever".  They do not work at high altitude.  So, I have decided I will never make another cookie recipe without adjusting for high altitude.  Every time I figure out the best adjustment, the cookies are so amazing. 

For these cookies, I added about 1-2 tbsp of water, 1-2 tbsp of flour and used less sugar (maybe 1 tbsp less).   This is all not indicated in the recipe below.  I did some research and that is what a lot of people said they were doing.  It isn't ever an exact adjustment.  And it seemed to work for these.  Unlike most of the cookies I make, these did not spread, the edges didn't burn and they were nice and soft.  

Chocolate Chip Oreo Cookies

by Lovin’ from the Oven

1 stick softened butter

6 Tablespoons sugar

6 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

11 broken pieces Oreo Cookies

1 cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter, and sugars until well combined. Add egg and vanilla until mixed well.

2. Place flour, baking soda and salt into a large bowl, stir to combine. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients then stir in oreos and chocolate chips until just combined.

3. With a medium cookie scoop, scoop onto baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until cooked, but still soft. Let cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

(Servings: ~20 cookies, Prep time: 20 min., Cook time: 30 min., Difficulty: Easy)

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V-day Oreo Truffles

I love these. My mom and sister have been making them for a while. I started making them a few years ago at Christmas. They are just crushed up Oreos, mixed up with cream cheese and then dipped in chocolate bark. I think they taste best really, really cold, because I like the crispy, chilled bark coating. Scot says he likes them after they have lost their chill a little.

Oreo Truffles

by foodforscot

1 package Oreo cookies

1 8oz. package cream cheese, at room temperature

Chocolate bark (sometimes called Almond bark or candy chocolate)

Finely crush Oreo cookies in a food processor. Or you can place in plastic zip-top bag and crush with rolling pin or by hand.

Put Oreo crumbles in large mixing bowl. Add softened cream cheese. Combine. I found the best way to combine the cookie crumbles and the cream cheese was to use a pastry cutter. You can also use your hands or the back of a spoon.

Roll the mixture into balls or flatten out and cut out with small cookie cutters. Melt chocolate bark over double boiler. It helps to cut bark into smaller pieces. You want to melt it over as low of heat as possible. If bark (or chocolate) gets too hot, it will harden up and is no longer usable.

Dip each truffle in the melted bark. It works best to use two forks to lift them out and place on wax paper to dry.

You can decorate by dyeing the remaining bark (if you using white) and drizzle it in a zig zag fashion over the dry truffles using a fork. You can also do this with regular chocolate bark (brown).

Refrigerate and serve cold. They taste best really cold.

(Servings: 30-40, Prep time: 1 hour, Chill time: 0-forever, Difficult: Easy)

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