Homemade Oreos

I usually make these with a chocolate cake mix, but I found this recipe on smitten kitchen. I had everything on hand, bonus, so I made them. They were just as easy and tasted better than the regular version.

Cookies:

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour; 1/2 cup cocoa; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 cup sugar; 1 1/4 sticks of butter, softened; and 1 egg.

Whisk together all of the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking soda, powder, salt & sugar). Add butter and egg. Mix until dough sticks to itself. It takes a while so don't give up if it stays crumbly longer than you think it should. Eventually it will look like this:

Next, form the dough into balls and place on parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.

Use a cup to slightly flatten each ball. Bake at 375° for 9 minutes:

Let them cool completely on a wire rack and make the frosting. I used a different recipe than the one posted on smitten kitchen. It's the Creamy White Frosting from Cousin Brenda's Out of the Pan and into the Fire: A Cookbook for Missionaries.

Frosting:

1 cup shortening; 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar; and 3 to 4 tablespoons milk. {This makes a lot of frosting, you could easily half it}

Cream together the shortening and extracts. Add powdered sugar and milk.

Now sandwich the cookies together with the frosting and enjoy!