Top Secret Recipes Version Of Nabisco Oreo Cookies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 18 1/4 ounces fudge cake mix
• 3 tablespoons shortening, melted
• 1/2 cup cake flour (measured then sifted)
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons brown paste food coloring (optional)
• 3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 tablespoons hot water

Recipe

• 1 combine the cookie ingredients in a large bowl.
• 2 add the water a little bit at a time until the dough forms.
• 3 cover and chill for 2 hours.
• 4 preheat oven to 350.
• 5 on a lightly floured surface roll out a portion of the dough to just under one 16th of an inch thick.
• 6 to cut, use a lid from a spice container with a 1 1/2 inch diameter.
• 7 arrange the cut rounds on a cookie sheet that is sprayed with a light coating of non-stick spray.
• 8 bake for 10 minutes.
• 9 remove wafers from the oven and cool completely.
• 10 as the cookies bake, make the filling by combining the filling ingredients with an electric mixer.
• 11 when the cookies have cooled, roll a small portion (heaping 1/4 teaspoon) of the filling into a ball (just over 1/4 inch in diameter), and press it between two of the cookies.
• 12 repeat with the remaining cookies.
• 13 adapted from todd wilbur's book more top secret recipes.