Easy Oreo Style Cookies

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Homemade
Oreo Style Cookies


These super easy and super fast DIY Oreos are great tasting, fast and incredibly easy!  Your kids will think you are the coolest mom EVER.  
Winning!

To create these yummy nuggets of deliciousness I combined my cake mix cookie recipe and my whipped cream frosting recipe.  Yeah, I wasn't kidding when I said 'FAST AND EASY'....



INGREDIENTS
for your cookies:

1 box cake mix (any flavor you choose, red velvet, lemon & chocolate are our faves)
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs
3/4 teaspoon vanilla

Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix with a spoon until dough forms.  Cover and set in refrigerator for about 1 hour.  Roll dough into balls and place on a prepared sheet pan.
Bake at 350 for 9-11 minutes.

*I like my cookies to be a little thick and chewy so after rolling the dough into balls I place them in the freezer for about 10 minutes and then put them immediately into the preheated oven.  I'm at a rather high altitude so I bake my cookies for exactly 8 1/2 minutes, they come out perfect every time.



INGREDIENTS 
for filling:

2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 box pudding (any flavor)
1/3 cup powdered sugar

Place mixing bowl and beaters/whisk in freezer for 10-ish minutes.
(You can prepare ingredients while the bowl chills.)
Pour heavy cream into cold bowl and whip on high until firm peaks form.
Slowly add pudding and powdered sugar alternating until both are fully incorporated.  Your frosting/filling will firm up quickly so don't be alarmed.  Taste test for any signs of grittiness.  If you taste a little grit just gently whip for about another 30 seconds.
Repeat taste test and adjust accordingly.
If its too firm you can thin it a bit with a little milk  (very little).
Fill a piping bag with filling.  (I use Wilton 1A tip but any tip will do OR you can even just cut off the bag, no tip required.)

Once cookies have baked and cooled turn one cookie over and pipe filling 










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