Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

22 06 2011

*Note: This blog post was written by Jenny Adrian, Vicki’s daughter

As many of you know, I (Jenny) am studying to be a teacher (and I’m almost done!)

So I thought you all might be gracious enough to be my pretend students while I practice administering an online pop quiz…

 

Students please take out a piece of paper and a pencil.

This is a closed-book, closed-note quiz.

Ready?…

Question Number One:

Do you like Chocolate Chip cookies?

A. Yes

B. No

Question Number Two:

Do you like Oreos?

A. Yes

B. No

Pencils down.

The correct answers are:

1. A

2. A

If you scored 100% prepare yourself for a jaw-dropping recipe!

If you scored below 50% you may have failed American Food Loving 101
(Don’t worry, keep following the Adrians Boutique blog and we’ll catch you up to speed!)

Okay, so you may have figured out by now that this isn’t a real quiz, but it is a great introduction to the latest recipe I tried…

OREO STUFFED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!

How can you not say YUM?

Mom and I found this recipe while flipping through a great little book we found while we were out having a girls day; Where Women Cook.

It features wonderful recipes, beautiful photos, and short autobiographies about women, just like you and I, cooking for their families.

I will now resume my teaching duty to show you how you can make these naughty little cookies in your own home!

Cast of Characters:

2 sticks softened butter

¾ cup packed light brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 T. pure vanilla

3½ cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. salt

1tsp. baking soda

10 oz. chocolate chips

1 pkg. Oreo Double Stuf cookies

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. With a stand or electric mixer, cream butter and sugars until well combined.
Add in eggs and vanilla until well combined.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt, and baking soda.

Slowly add to wet ingredients along with chocolate chips until just combined.

3. With a cookie scoop, place one scoop of cookie dough on top of an Oreo cookie.

Place another scoop of dough on the bottom of the cookie.

Seal edges together by pressing and cupping in hand until Oreo cookie is enclosed with dough.

Repeat for other cookies.

4. Place onto a parchment – or Silpat – lined baking sheet (or a greased cookie sheet), and bake cookies for 9-13 minutes or until cookies are baked to your liking.

Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

Serve with a tall glass of milk and enjoy!

*Notes from Vicki & Jenny:
1. We found it was easier to create two flattened balls of dough, put one on each side of the Oreo, and then squish the sides together.
2. The chocolate chips we used made it difficult to encase the Oreos, we suggest trying miniature chocolate chips.
3. Because these cookies are SO yummy, the calories don’t count 🙂

Click  for Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe!





Sugar Cookies by Cassie Adrian

23 05 2011

Guest post from most favorite now and forever daughter-in-law…Cassie Adrian, Manhattan, Kansas

“Last night and today I should have been doing homework. And whenever I should be doing homework, and it is not the day it is due, I am very good at finding other activities that keep me occupied. I can do that pesky homework tomorrow!

I love sugar cookies. They are probably my favorite of all the cookies, but in the six years since I have had my own kitchen, I have never made them. I figured this out when I realized that I do not own a single cookie cutter. But I really needed to put off that homework, so I decided to make something time consuming and required a lot of clean up. Sugar cookies to the rescue.

I used this recipe from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe. She has some great recipes on her blog that I have made including her Mexican Lasagna, Super Ban Burritos, Smoked Turkey Brie and Apple Panini, Black Beans and Rice, and Baked Oatmeal. This Friday is a salad themed potluck at my work and I have all the stuff for Creamy 5-Cup Fruit Salad (at this point I feel the need to quote my dad who calls these “potblessings” because “there is no such thing as luck only blessings from the Lord”).

Since I have already confessed that I do not own cookie cutters, I pulled out a tool my husband uses to plate food when he makes something fancy. Basically it is a metal biscuit cutter, but only a little larger. Here is how they turned out…

I always forget that last pan!

Okay other than the one light colored cookie, which fell apart when I tried to frost it, all of these are from the last batch. Apparently you have to push the start button on the timer!

Frosted Sugar Cookies

That’s better. I made the cream cheese frosting, which I don’t think I would make again. It is super light and fluffy but I prefer the super sweet original frosting for sugar cookies.

What helped these cookies to be a success…

Red KitchenAid with Matching Red Beater Blade

My beater blade. I have the red tilt-head mixer beater blade that matches my red tilt-head KitchenAid. I love it. It perfectly incorporated the cookie dough and frosting so I did not have to keep stopping the mixer to scrape down the sides of the bowl. It is a must have for any KitchenAid project that requires the paddle. Oh, if you are wondering where you can get this fantastic little tool, just stop by Adrian’s. Last time I was there they had two or three colors for each mixer size.

I also baked these cookies on my…

USA Bakeware Jelly Roll Pan...AWESOME!

USA Bakewear jelly roll pan.

Disclaimer (the burnt cookies were not baked on this pan. I was using another cookie sheet from a big box store.)

I absolutely LOVE this. It is super high quality and I use way more often than just when I make cookies. It is great for roasting veggies, baking biscuits, baking sheet cakes, pumpkin rolls, roasting meats, and toasting nuts and oats for granola,. Since I have owned this beauty, it has been in my oven more than all of my other bakeware combined! As I wedding gift I received a set of a very expensive brand cookie sheets, but tossed them after only a couple years. This lead me to the belief that you should buy the cheapest pans possible and after the hundreds of Christmas cookies, toss them out. But this bad boy made me realize that cookie sheets did not have to be disposable. As soon as Adrian’s had these in stock, I knew I had to have one. It may even have been the first one that left the building. And the best part, nothing sticks to it. I was a little concerned that the ridges would collect gunk, but cleaning this pan is so easy (which probably contributes to the reason I use it so often)!

What would make these cookies perfect and hide the fact that I did not cream the cream cheese and sugar well enough is…

Diamond Shimmer Sugars

Diamond shimmer sugar from Adrian’s! This picture does not do this product justice. It is so beautiful and really looks like you are eating jewelry (in a good way, not like it is rock solid and hurts your teeth). If you want to add a little pizzazz to your cookies, cakes, or cupcakes, get this stuff! It is dazzling.!

Okay now I’m off to do some homework. Oh but wouldn’t my nails look so cute in that new bright coral/orange nail polish I just bought. New plan, paint my nails, wait an hour or so for them to dry, then I will do homework. Yes, I like that plan better!”
~Cassie Adrian

THANK YOU for sharing Cassie!  So glad that you’re a “foodie” just like me!
(& YES she is my now & forever favorite daughter-in-law! ~Vicki)

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Baking Cookies…

1 04 2011

Gather the Ingredients...

Sometimes the most ordinary baking is the clear favorite with your family…We made cookies tonight to take to church for a Children’s Fair next weekend.  I find baking to be great relaxation therapy after a busy day!  Today my BRAIN hurt…I was in the office all day and was ready for a change of pace when I got home.

This recipe comes from Linda Pauls who lives here in Buhler.  She is an award winning (many times over) Kansas State Fair Champion Baker, and we are honored to have some of her recipes included in our Adrian’s “Between Friends” Cookbook.  This is her Oatmeal Cookie recipe, and is just pretty tasty!  They are crispy on the outside, and nice and soft on the inside.

Start with the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar, white sugar & eggs.

Start by putting the butter flavored Crisco, brown sugar, white sugar and eggs into your mixing bowl.

Madagascar Vanilla Paste

We found this Vanilla Paste and it is heavenly!  I use it in place of vanilla extract.  Smells amazing!

Beat thoroughly...Love my Beater Blade!

I love my Beater Blade Replacement Blade for my Kitchen Aid Mixer…It thoroughly cleans the sides and bottom of the bowl.  Click to view a great side-by-side Beater Blade Video Demo.

Dissolve Baking Soda in Hot Water

Linda’s recipe calls for dissolving the baking soda in one teaspoon of hot water…what a great idea!  I have occasionally bitten into a muffin or cookie and had a clump of baking soda in one bite. Ugh!  This solves that problem in a very simple step! I will do this with other recipes as well.

Now add the real goodies!

Now for the good stuff…Coconut, Oatmeal and Raisins (however, I substituted Craisins today…no raisins in the house). Mix it all together.

The lovely dough...Why bake it??? I love cookie dough!

Now scoop it all out onto greased cookie sheets and bake for about 10-12 minutes.  I use a stainless steel cookie scoop to get the cookies to be a uniform size and shape.

All lined up like little soldiers!

Of course, by now the house is smelling heavenly as these start to bake.  There is no candle (even at Adrians 🙂 that smells as good as REAL home baked cookies coming out of the oven!

Mmmmmmmm.......

All we need now is an icy cold, tall glass of milk.  Good thing most of these are going into the freezer for later…it would be hard to stay away from these cookies!

Oatmeal Cookie Recipe from Adrian's Between Friends Cookbook

I mentioned above how much I love to use my Beater Blade.  It is a REPLACEMENT blade for the Kitchen Aid Mixers that continuously scrapes down the sides of the bowl saving you time and frustration.  No more pockets of leftover flour in the bottom of the bowl! We carry several different sizes at Adrians, and I would highly recommend them to any of you that are Kitchen Aid owners.  Here is a short demo video showing the Beater Blade making Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.  I think you will enjoy watching it!

Oatmeal Cookies (with Coconut & Raisins)
Linda Pauls, Buhler, Kansas

Click for an Easy Print Copy of Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

1 c. brown sugar
1 c. white sugar
1 c. shortening, butter flavored
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. hot water
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. flour
2 c. quick oats
1/2 c. chopped nuts
1 c. coconut
1 c. raisins (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix the sugars and shortening and cream well; add eggs and mix well. Add vanilla in hot water; mix in well. Mix all the other ingredients together and slowly add to creamed mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.  Cool on racks.

*NOTE:  Linda is an award winning baker and has collected many Blue Ribbons, Grand Champion Ribbons, and honors at the Kansas State Fair over the years.  We are thrilled that she was willing to share some of her recipes for our “Between Friends” cookbook.  Thanks so much Linda!

We featured our BEATER BLADE Video Demo with this recipe in our Newsletter.  Click here to view a short video showing HOW to make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with your Kitchen Aid mixer and a BEATER BLADE.  Click Here for Video

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