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eight oreo cookies stacked in two different stackes with more cookies around on wire cooling rack with two empty glasses, two glasses of milk, and a cooling rack behind.

Homemade Oreo Cookies

4.67 from 3 votes
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 17 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 2 minutes
Better Than Store-Bought Homemade Oreo Cookies! Every bite is perfectly crunchy, chocolatey, sweet, and SO. GOOD. These are the best nostalgic treat to enjoy all year long!

Ingredients

Cookies

Filling

  • ½ cup vegetable shortening
  • cups powdered sugar sifted
  • teaspoons whole milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Cookies

  • Heat oven to 325℉.
  • Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, sift together flour, cocoas, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, beat shortening and sugar until fluffy, about 1 minute.
  • Add egg, milk, and vanilla.
  • Beat until blended.
  • Stir in flour mixture.
  • Form dough into a smooth ball.
  • Place dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper.
  • Roll to 3/16 inch thick.
  • Use a fluted cutter to cut out cookies.
  • Gather and re-roll scraps until all dough is used.
  • Place on prepared pans.
  • Bake for 17 minutes.
  • Allow to cool on pans.

Filling

  • Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.

Assembly

  • Spoon filling in decorating bag fitted with a #7 tip.
  • Turn half of the cookies over.
  • Pipe filling on upside down cookies.
  • Top with other half of cookies.

Notes

*This recipe was written using an average of the dip and sweep method for measuring flour and the spoon and level method. If you are using a scale, you will need to add 3/4 oz or 22 g  to the measurement for each cup of flour.
Substitutions:
  • This recipe can be made vegan if your favorite non-dairy milk is used and aquafaba is used instead of an egg white!
Expert Tips:
  • When sifting the dry ingredients, make sure there are no lumps of cocoa powder.
  • Be careful to not over-mix the cookie dough!
  • Make sure the cookie dough is completely level when rolling out.
  • The bake time may vary depending on how your oven bakes/how many pans you bake at a time. We recommend baking one pan at a time for best results.
  • Make sure your cookies are completely cooled before filling.
  • You can fill these cookies as much as you like! But depending on how much filling you use, you may need to make more filling.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 142kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0.1mgSodium: 36mgPotassium: 28mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 1IUCalcium: 11mgIron: 0.4mg

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.