I’ve always thought cookies and cream was one of the best flavours in the world. I love cookies and cream ice cream, cookies and cream chocolate bars, and, most of all, ice cream sandwiches – which are basically just reconstructed cookies and cream ice cream. I love cookies and cream so much, I’ve been trying to convince my husband that the Great Dane he wants should have a “cookies and cream” merle coat, just because it looks so delicious. So of course I created these soft, chewy cookies and cream cookies for a barbecue I attended this weekend. I wanted to get some pictures of my friends enjoying them for this recipe but I wasn’t quick enough.

Ingredients

1 cup vegetable shortening
1 ½ cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. hot water
2 ¼ cups flour
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 cup broken Oreo-type cookies

Method

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add beaten eggs. Dissolve baking soda in hot water and add along with the eggs. Mix in well.
4. Add the flour and salt, stir until half-mixed.
5. Break Oreo cookies by hand and add. Finish mixing.
6. Form teaspoon sized cookies and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake 8-12 min.