Home-made vegan Oreos.

 

CHEF'S NOTE: 

These turned out very big for me - almost like 'melting moments', or brownies with a filling!  I'd press them down so they were flatter next time.  They were very rich and delicious...and so sweet they kept my feller's kids up til at least 11:30.  You have been warned.

 

Homemade Oreo Cookies

(Adapted by a delightful recipe on Smitten Kitchen)

Chocolate Waifers:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons corn starch (corn flour)
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks)  margarine (at room temperature)
• ¼ cup soy buttermilk, (soy milk combined with 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar)

Filling:

• ¼ cup margarine
• ¼ cup vegetable shortening
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Heat your oven to 375°F.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, corn starch, cocoa, baking soda and powder, salt, and sugar.
3. In a separate bowl combine the margarine and the soy buttermilk. Mix well.
4. Add the margarine mixture to the flour mixture and stir until the dough begins sticking together, forming a ball.
5. Roll the cookie dough into 1″ balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Leave about two inches between cookie balls. Dip the bottom of a glass in water and then sugar and use that sugary glass bottom to slightly flatten the cookie dough balls. Bake for 8 – 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool cookies on a rack.
6. In between cookie batches, make your cream by combining margarine and shortening in a mixing bowl. Mix at low speed until well-combined and then gradually add the powdered sugar, followed by the vanilla. Once all ingredients are well-incorporated, rev up your engines and mix on high for two to three minutes so that the filling gets nice and fluffy! Test your filling to make sure it’s smooth enough to spread. If not, you might want to add a teaspoon of soymilk at a time to get to a spreadable consistency.
7. Cookie Assembly. Spread one tablespoon or so of the filling on the flat side of one of the cookie wafers. Place the flat side of another cookie wafer on the filling to make a sandwich. Continue on until all the cookies are complete.