Forget plain old chocolate chip cookies, these Cookies and Cream Cookies swap the chocolate chips for crumbled Oreos. Yes, put cookies in your cookies! Mind blown!
Our Fill the Cookie Jar group is posting about the “Fathers” themed cookies we created today. Be sure to check out what everyone else made at the end of the post.
After J’s birthday last week we have so much sweet stuff in the house: the Monster Eye birthday cake plus the leftover “chocolate sandwich cookies” (Oreos) and candy coated chocolate candies (M&Ms). The thought of making more cookies didn’t really thrill me and I thought about skipping this month.
But inspiration struck! How about making cookies with the cookies?
I know, I know, the idea is kind of like Pizza topped with Pizza. Crazy! But the more you think about it the more you want to try them. And trust me, you want these!
The only trick I added to making these was a 30 minute chill in the fridge before baking. According to this article on King Arthur’s Flour’s blog, chilling cookie dough for at least 30 minutes helps prevent it from spreading. Yes, that means 30 minutes longer until you can eat them. It is worth the wait. I will be doing this with all of my cookies from now on. As long as my 7 year old isn’t standing in the kitchen doing a Veruca Salt imitation, “I want them NOOOOWWWW!”
I made a double batch of the recipe below, saved some for us and packed up the rest of the cookies for the teachers at school. Plus, I mashed up the leftover cake we were all getting a little sick of by now, rolled it into balls and dipped in candy melts – easy peasy Cake Balls. More for them and less for me.
So how did our Dad like the cookies? He didn’t get to try one yet. His son, however, devoured three of them after dinner last night and was begging for more.
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Cookies and Cream Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 Large egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup crushed chocolate sandwich cookies
Instructions
- In a medium bowl mix flour, soda and salt in a bowl with a whisk until combined.
- In a large bowl combine both sugars with an electric mixer.
- Add butter and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add flour mixture mixing until just combined. Stir in crushed cookies.
- Scoop by tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
- OPTIONAL: Place cookie sheet in refrigerator for 30 minutes or longer before baking.
- Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.
Notes
Until next time, happy eating.
~Audrey
I love the bits of oreo type cookies in here!
They were great, and by using them this way I made more cookies to give away.
Oh my gosh… As soon as I saw your picture, I knew what you were up to. Genius! Love the whole idea of Oreo’s in the cookie! Perfect truck snack for my husband, so he thanks you for creating this!
Less potential mess than chocolate chips or even the oreos with the cream filling. My husband spends lots of time commuting and he avoids gooey chocolatey stuff in the car.
I love that you used cookies to make cookies! What a smart idea! I also love that you mashed up old cake and made cake balls. Is there anything you don’t remake into something else? Thanks for being a part of the Fill The Cookie Jar group! I always look forward to seeing what you create in the kitchen!
I hate to see food go to waste! If I can come up with just one more dish to make from it I will try. Ha Ha!
A cookie within a cookie–sounds like a hit to me! Of course, I would scrape the cream filling off my sandwich cookies first. Even as a child, that was too much sugar for me. But other kids loved eating cookies with me because then they could have my scrapings! 😀
These look absolutely yummy !!!!! Good tip on chilling – my cookies always spread too much. Thanks for sharing. Visiting from Merry Monday.
Great idea… I might have to try this recipe!
I was just wondering today if this would work as a recipe — question answered! Sounds amazing.
These look so good! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday, hope to see you again tomorrow night!
These look and sound so good Audrey! Wish I could try one or two now!
Thanks for supporting the Say G’day Party! Pinned! Look forward to seeing you next week!
Wow! These look delicious! I have never heard your tip about chilling the cookies for 30 minutes before cooking – thank you so much! I’ll try it next time!
I hadn’t either, but it works great!