Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies (Vegan)

So I never said that all my recipes would be healthy. This is a total fatkid indulgence. But really, really freakin' good. I got the idea from a link my friend Amy sent me, so I decided to "veganize" and jazz up the recipe - and voila! They are le yum. You can also use the recipe if you just want to make vegan chocolate chip cookies, and don't want to also stuff them with gooey Oreo goodness. So, without further ado....

Ingredients (for about 2 dozen cookies):

• 1 cup (2 sticks) Earth Balance vegan butter, softened
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup granulated sugar (I use the unbleached organic pure cane sugar)
• Egg replacer for 2 eggs (Such as Bob's Red Mill, or Ener-G Egg Replacer)
• 1 tbs pure vanilla extract (never skimp on a good quality extract. Trader Joe's is decent. Just no imitation vanilla!)
• 3 1/2 cups flour (I mix unbleached white flour with whole wheat pastry flour to feel slightly less guilty)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 bag of chocolate chips (10 oz)
• 1 package of sandwich cookies of choice - Newman O's, Trader Joe's JoJos, or Oreo cookies - you'll probably have extras left over, too... bummer...

Preheat oven to 350. Cream the butter with the sugar until smooth. Add in the egg replacer and vanilla. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and gradually add to the dough. Fold in chocolate chips.

Now, take a regular cookie sized ball of dough (about ping pong ball sized) and shape it around the top of an Oreo cookie. Do the same to the bottom of the Oreo and press together to seal - basically encase the Oreo with dough. It should look like a ridiculously huge cookie.

Bake for 9-12 minutes on a silpat or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet until the top starts to turn lightly golden. You always want to take chocolate chip cookies out right before they start to look really done... let them cool for 5 minutes then transfer them to a cooling rack.



They're yummy when they're all gooey and warm, but also good for days afterward. The first time we made them, we used vanilla cookies, so feel free to experiment with different kinds - just check the cookie packaging to make sure they're vegan!


Source: idea from here, veganized and used my usual vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe: http://www.beckybakes.net/2011/01/20/oreo-stuffed-chocolate-chip-cookies/