When you need a good cookie but don’t want to run out to the store, give these Almost Oh-ree-Oh’s a try. We promise it’s better than that other cookie that starts with an O and ends with an Oh-no. Don’t forget to visit Savory Spice Franklin in downtown Franklin on Main Street.
Ingredients:
For chocolate cookies:
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 cup Dutch cocoa powder
1/4 cup black onyx cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks)
1 large egg
For creamy filling:
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening*
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2 tsp. Madagascar vanilla extract
(you may substitute butter for shortening)
Directions:
For chocolate cookies: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Set rack in middle of oven. In mixing bowl, thoroughly mix flour, cocoas, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugars. On low speed, add butter then add egg. Continue mixing until dough comes together in a mass (about 3 min.). Place 2 tsp. batter at a time on a parchment-lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Use the bottom of a glass to slightly flatten dough. Bake for 9 min., rotating once. Set on baking racks to cool.
For creamy filling: Mix butter and shortening on low speed, gradually beating in the sugar and vanilla. When combined, turn mixer on high and beat for 2 to 3 min. until light and fluffy. To assemble cookies, put filling in a gallon-sized zip top bag. Squeeze all filling to one corner, and cut off the corner of bag. Pipe about 1 tsp. of filling into the center of one cookie then sandwich with another cookie.
Yields: 20 to 25 sandwich cookies
