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"Oreo" Cookies

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on August 4, 2009

Yield

Makes about 30

"Oreo" Cookies

Ingredients

1 Chocolate Icebox Cookies Chocolate Icebox Cookies 12 ounces (340 grams) white chocolate, chopped½ cup sour cream

Before You Begin

The ganache filling has a good chocolate flavor and will hold its shape once cooled to room temperature.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the dough for Chocolate Icebox Cookies, Cut the cookies into 1/8-inch-thick rounds and reduce baking time by a minute or two. Cool the cookies completely. (The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.) Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler. Stir in 1/2 cup sour cream and cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes.
  2. Following the illustrations below, fill the cookies with the mixture. Serve within 2 hours.
"Oreo" Cookies

"Oreo" Cookies

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Yield

Makes about 30

Ingredients

1 Chocolate Icebox Cookies Chocolate Icebox Cookies
12 ounces (340 grams) white chocolate, chopped
½ cup sour cream

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

1 Chocolate Icebox Cookies Chocolate Icebox Cookies
12 ounces (340 grams) white chocolate, chopped
½ cup sour cream

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

1 Chocolate Icebox Cookies Chocolate Icebox Cookies
12 ounces (340 grams) white chocolate, chopped
½ cup sour cream

Test Kitchen Techniques

Why This Recipe Works

Chocolate icebox cookies were our favorites for use in our sandwich cookies recipe—they have a texture that is tender yet sturdy and a deep, chocolaty flavor. Additionally, because they are sliced from a log of dough, the cookies in a single batch bake up with a uniform shape and size so that the cookies match up and make attractive sandwiches. For the “Oreo” filling for our chocolate sandwich cookies recipe, we liked a simple mixture of white chocolate and sour cream—it had a perfect texture for spooning onto the cookies and was firm enough that it didn’t ooze when a cookie was bitten into.

Before You Begin

The ganache filling has a good chocolate flavor and will hold its shape once cooled to room temperature.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the dough for Chocolate Icebox Cookies, Cut the cookies into 1/8-inch-thick rounds and reduce baking time by a minute or two. Cool the cookies completely. (The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.) Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler. Stir in 1/2 cup sour cream and cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes.
  2. Following the illustrations below, fill the cookies with the mixture. Serve within 2 hours.

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