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Homemade Oreos

Makes
Servings: 24 cookie sandwiches
Ingredients
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Ingredients

Amounts
  • 1¼ cups (155 grams) all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (45 grams, but cocoa weights can vary greatly) unsweetened Dutch process cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 to 1¼ cups (200 to 250 grams) sugar [see Note]
  • 10 tablespoons (5 ounces or 140 grams) unsalted butter at room temperature*
  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ cup (4 tablespoons or 55 grams) unsalted butter at room temperature*
  • ¼ cup (50 grams) vegetable shortening (or you can swap with additional butter, see Note)
  • 2 cups (240 grams) sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
  • Two pinches of salt
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