Day 2 of my 12 days of cookies: Cookies N’ Cream Cookies. I’m usually a big fan of Trader Joe items, no matter what it is. Their brand usually even trumps main brands since they offer a better quality item for a more competitive price. Sadly, this was not one of them.
Let’s just say that Joe-Joe’s have nothin’ on Oreos. Oreos taste wayyyy better than these cookies. Alone, you can definitely tell the difference. By mashing the cookies up and baking them, it’s a bit harder to differentiate between the two because of all of the other goodness in the cookie.
They look pretty much exactly the same as an Oreo, but they aren’t as sweet. They have a weird aftertaste and aren’t as crunchy. Fail.
It’s okay, just throw it into some dough and you’ve got yourself a solution to the problem.
These cookies remind me of little bird nests. The kiss on top melts quite a bit, making a little puddle in the middle of the cookie. Make sure you give yourself plenty of time for the kisses to harden if you’re planning on packaging them or taking them somewhere.
I didn’t really form these cookies into balls like the instructions told me to. I got lazy and just did drop cookies for the first batch. It makes a huge difference since the dough holds its shape pretty well. Make sure you roll your dough into balls!
See? When rolling the dough into balls, you don’t have any weird jagged edges:
For such a loaded cookie, I thought the outcome was pretty light. I wasn’t overwhelmed with cookie pieces or chocolate, and it was just the right combination of both. The cookie is a bit more tedious than others, but just unwrap all those kisses while the cookies are baking in the oven. Recipe from Visions of Sugar Plum.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup coarsely chopped Oreo cookies (I used Joe-Joe's)
- 24 cookies 'n cream kisses
Directions
- Beat cream cheese until softened. Cream in the butter and sugar.
- Mix in the egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
- Slowly stir in the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt until just combined. Add the Oreo pieces and mix.
- Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until puffed and lightly brown on the edges.
- Remove from oven and press a kiss into each cookie. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
