I had a recipe for homemade oreo cookies, however, I couldn’t find it in my barrage of recipes. My husband loves these cookies and I wanted to make them for him. I found this version at Not So Secret Family Recipes.
When I made this, I halved the cookie recipe but made the full frosting recipe. We love lots of frosting. When I pulled the cookies out at 8 minutes they didn’t seem cooked enough, so I ended up cooking them for 10 minutes. I think I actually over cooked them. They were still good, but next time I’ll cook them for 9 minutes.
With the first tray, I just dropped the dough on the sheet with my cookie scoop and the cookies came out too puffy. I wanted that flat oreo look. So on the second tray, I flattened the dough a little before putting them in the oven. That worked great.
The other fun thing about these homemade oreo cookies is you can color the frosting to make them fun for the holidays. You can fill them with red and green colored frosting at Christmas, orange for Halloween, or even pink for Valentines Day. Or you can even use a yellow cake mix for golden oreos!
Homemade Oreo Cookies
Ingredients
- Cookies
- 2 boxes devil food mix
- 2/3 cup oil
- 4 eggs
- Frosting
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 Tbsp butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a bowl, add the cookie ingredients and mix by hand.
- Drop spoonfuls on to cookie sheet or use a cookie scoop. Then flatten slightly.
- Bake at 350° for 8-9 minutes. Allow cookies to cool.
- In another bowl, mix the frosting ingredients together with a mixer. The frosting will seem really thick but just keep mixing.
- Spread frosting over the bottom of a cookie and top with another creating a sandwich.
- Will make 48 cookies or 24 sandwiches.
This is the original photo from this post. The above photo was updated in August 2013.
17 comments
When I make these the dough is so sticky it is hard to drop onto cookie sheet. What am I doing wrong?
Is it regular butter or un-salted?
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Can’t wait to try the oreos! Thanks.
Can’t wait to try the oreos! Thanks.
What a neat idea! Those sound like fun and look deliciously scrumptious!
What a neat idea! Those sound like fun and look deliciously scrumptious!
Oreos made with a cake mix. I’m doomed! I refuse to buy junk food and then come home and put some cake-mixy thing in the oven. I could see myself putting these together “just to try” them, while I ate the whole batch.
Oreos made with a cake mix. I’m doomed! I refuse to buy junk food and then come home and put some cake-mixy thing in the oven. I could see myself putting these together “just to try” them, while I ate the whole batch.
Oh, those look so good! I love oreos and other sandwich cookies.
Oh, those look so good! I love oreos and other sandwich cookies.
How cute! I just put this stuff on my grocery list. Gonna try them tonight! Thanks!
How cute! I just put this stuff on my grocery list. Gonna try them tonight! Thanks!
Yum! These are my hubby’s favourite cookie. It is a wonderful one to share for sure.
Yum! These are my hubby’s favourite cookie. It is a wonderful one to share for sure.