This past weekend we went to the home of my friend Stacey and her husband Jon for dinner. So grown up! Anyway, I was bringing dessert, and I couldn’t decide what to make. My initial thought was something with fruit to celebrate the warmer weather, but nothing in particular really struck my fancy. The plan was to have burgers for dinner, and I remembered these homemade Oreos on Smitten Kitchen, which I figured would go well with an Americana meal. Also, they’re not fussy.
I have to pause here and express pain at the culinary beating Nashville took in that post.
Anyway, they were just as advertised: delicious and really easy. A pair of simple chocolate cookies are filled with a buttercream frosting. Shaun’s still asking for them today. My cookies didn’t spread quite as much as they had for others, but I have some theories on that (maybe my butter was not warm enough, or my white whole wheat flour substitution was thirstier). The filling calls for half butter and half shortening, but I did all butter because I do not use the latter. (I imagine the shortening adds a bit of stability to the cream, but they seemed fine to me.)
And boy they were yummy! :-)
These look spectacular! I’m glad they didn’t spread thin. They are much more attractive with a little more substance.
These look amazing! I’m a resident lurker of smittenkitchen, but I always get distracted by the want to make everything listed that I can never really narrow my focus and choose something.
I may give these a try!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
looks so good