I always find myself wanting to change a recipe that I come across. There are always countless reasons but it usually comes down to 3 things: 1 I don't have that ingredient, 2 I want to add something and/or 3 I can do it better. #2 often annoys Christie because I'll add something to one of her mother's or grandmother's recipes and it'll turn out slightly different than what she was expecting. #3 is probably what I'm guilty of more often than not though.
99 times out of 100 the finished product comes out beautifully and I tell myself what a wonderful cook I am... I didn't need that! It's much better my way!? This is the one out of a hundred that I should have stuck to the recipe. Now you may be wondering if this didn't work out why am I going to share it with you? Because it was still fantastic... and I'm still a wonderful cook, but as you can see from the picture there wasn't quite enough Oreo in my Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies.
I had the brilliant idea to use mini oreos instead of the full size cookies... upon reflection I'm not sure why. I think my rationale was that a whole cookie would be overwhelming, but if you're going to eat what's essentially three cookies baked into one glorious trifecta of awesome you shouldn't hold anything back...
This is why for once, I should have followed the recipe. I'm going to make these again, and soon, and in preparation I've already stocked the pantry with full sized oreos... but now that I'm thinking about it I might have to look for some double stuff to compensate for using mini oreos the first time.
Enjoy!
(Photo coming soon...)
2 sticks (1 cup) softened butter
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
10 oz bag chocolate chips
1 pkg. Oreo cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars together with a mixer until well combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl mix the flour, salt and baking soda. Slowly add to wet ingredients along with chocolate chips until just combined. Using a cookie scoop take one scoop of cookie dough and place on top of an Oreo Cookie. Take another scoop of dough and place on bottom of Oreo cookie. Seal edges together by pressing and cupping in hand until Oreo cookie is enclosed with dough. Place onto a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet and bake cookies 9-13 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Makes about 2 dozen VERY LARGE cookies.
Adapted from: Recipe on beckybakes.net
