Tag: Stephanie's Recipes

Homemade Oreos

This recipe comes from my sister-in-law Stephanie. These are always very popular, and might even be considered whoopie pies because of their rather cakey chocolate cookies and white filling. Whatever they’re called, they’re always delicious.

I haven’t tried making this gluten free yet, but you’ll want to use gluten free cake mixes and check the texture before baking.

Homemade Oreos

  • Servings: ?
  • Difficulty: medium
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Cakey cookies with white filling.

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 2 Devil’s Food Cake Mixes
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 ½ c. Shortening

Filling

  • 2 pkgs. Cream Cheese (16 oz. total)
  • ½ c. Butter
  • 4 tsp. Vanilla
  • 4-6 c. Powdered Sugar

Directions

For cookies, mix together all ingredients and form into small round balls on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes.

For filling, mix together and spread on one cooled cookie. Then place another cookie on top of frosting and press down.


Ginger Snaps

These ginger snaps are actually soft and delightful, so maybe they aren’t technically snappy. But they’re amazing for Christmas. This recipe comes from my sister-in-law Stephanie’s family, and they are always a delightful spiced addition to any cookie plate.

If you’re making this one gluten free, I haven’t tried it yet. But all the ingredients except the flour are naturally gluten free, so I’ll just try swapping out gluten free flour for regular flour.

Ginger Snaps

  • Servings: haha, a lot?
  • Difficulty: medium
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Soft, full of spices, and perfect for Christmas.

Ingredients

  • 3 c. Sugar
  • ¾ c. Butter
  • 1 ½ Shortening
  • 3 Eggs
  • ¾ c. Molasses
  • 5 c. Flour (or gluten free flour with xanthan gum)
  • 4 ½ tsp. Baking Soda
  • 3 tsp. Cinnamon
  • 1 ½ tsp. Salt
  • 1 ½ tsp. Ginger
  • 1 ½ tsp. Allspice

Directions

Beat sugar, butter, shortening, eggs, and molasses. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Roll into balls and drop into sugar. Bake on greased cookie sheets at 350° for 10 minutes.