So how does Professor Preggo celebrate the end of the spring semester? By trying out a recipe for homemade Oreos, of course.
It was the only logical course of action, I assure you.
I've been on a food-blog kick of late, and I've been downloading recipes like a fiend. This started as an attempt to vary our dinners and therefore eat in more often, but my sweet tooth soon took over, and despite my resolve to eat better this pregnancy all sorts of treats have been catching my eye.
And so today it was "oreos."
As I mixed the dough for these cookies I had my first doubts; the dough seemed very crumbly. However, I kept at it with the beater and it magically turned into the promised lump of goodness, so I guess it pays to keep at it.
In the original recipe Stef mentions that the dough wasn't sticky enough for her to roll the dough into balls, but I didn't have a problem. I used a regular kitchen teaspoon to scoop out the dough, rolled it into balls, and flattened them with my hands before placing them on a greased cookie sheet (these food blogs have me convinced I'm the only person in the world who doesn't keep parchment paper around). I managed to fit fifteen to a cookie sheet, and boy did they spread! 
The better for crunchiness, I suppose. I ended up with a total of thirty cookies.
I let the cookies cool for an hour while I fed the Little One, had a scrumptious tomato sandwich, and picked up the Big One from school. It was only a matter of minutes to whip the few remaining ingredients into the filling we all know and love so well, and spread a bit on half to make the sandwiches.
By the time I got to the end I realized I could have used a bit more on the early ones, so I guess you could say that we ended up with a few regular and a few "double stuffed."
Mmm, chocolate sandwich cookies.
The verdict: The recipe was surprisingly easy, and all in all took no more work than whipping up a batch of chocolate chips, so it's certainly one to keep around for a sweet treat.
But I never thought I'd complain that cookies came out too large or too soft.
These cookies are rich - almost too rich for the size I ended up with - and not as crunchy as brand-name Oreos (but maybe the ones that have been left too long?). I think if I were to cut the size of the cookies in half I'd solve both problems, and end up with more traditional cookies.
Not that I'm complaining, mind you...
