This was not what I was going to blog today. I made this zebra bundt cake, coloring the white part orange, so it would be black and orange striped for Halloween. Cool right? Well, it would have been if the whole top of the cake didn’t stick to the pan. Oh, and then it broke into 3 pieces after that. Damn, it tasted good and the stripes looked awesome too. Bundts for some reason always give me trouble. I have a Nordic Ware pan, I use Pam baking spray plus flour, take the cake out at 15 minutes exactly, and about 50% of the time, I still get major stickage. So, if anyone has any tips for me I would be glad to hear them. It is just maddening.
No way I was going to attempt another bundt, so I decided to make cookies. I scanned through my cookies board on Pinterest and I was stopped dead in my tracks when I saw these Oreo cheesecake cookies. After reading through the recipe, though, I thought there must be a mistake. It doesn’t have any eggs and no leavener either. Weird. But, I followed the blog trail all the way back to the original recipe and it was correct. I was a bit hesitant to make them, but they sounded so good (and quick and easy) that I decided to give them a try. I’m glad I did. When you bite into them, you get a slight crunch around the outside and almost a creaminess on the inside. You can taste the tang from the cream cheese and of course, the just plain deliciousness of Oreos. I mean, really…Oreos, cheesecake, and cookies? There can’t be too many better combinations. Okay, maybe chocolate and peanut butter.
So, since I messed up my Halloween themed post, I will leave you with a Happy Halloween from Jack, Sammie and Alex. Well, maybe just Jack and Sammie. Baby Alex is not at all happy.
Oreo Cheesecake Cookies
Yield: 12 to 15 cookies (I got 14)
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
1 cup crushed Oreo’s (roughly 8 – 10 Oreo cookies)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with Silpat or parchment paper.
In a food processor, process the Oreo cookies until they are fine crumbs. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the softened butter and cream cheese until smooth and well combined.
Add the sugar and vanilla. Beat until well incorporated.
On low, mix in the flour. With a spatula, stir in the chocolate chips.
Scoop the dough with a medium cookie scoop. Place the dough in your hands and roll it into a ball. Roll the dough in the Oreo crumbs, covering it completely.
Place the Oreo coated ball of dough on the prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, rotating halfway through baking time. Remove from the oven when you see the edges just starting to brown. Let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to cool completely on a wire rack covered with a paper towel.
Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Source: Table for Two (as seen on Brown Eyed Baker and Two Peas and Their Pod), original source: Multiply Delicious
Choc Chip Uru
/ October 31, 2012I’ve tried making that cake… *shudders* 😉
But these cookies look better anyway my friend so addictive!
And your kids are gorgeous happy Halloween!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Candy
/ October 31, 2012I had the exact same thing happen with a bundt cake this weekend! It’s so frustrating.
These cookies look fab. Cute kiddos!
Alison Burtt (@furnituregirl)
/ October 31, 2012Butter. Take two tablespoons of butter and moosh it around on the sides of the pan until every surface is covered. Then flour it. It’s messy but it works. That spray stuff has never worked for me.
Just Baked
/ October 31, 2012I will try that next time. Thanks!
Eva @ Eva Bakes
/ October 31, 2012Sorry to hear about your zebra bundt. These Oreo cheesecake cookies definitely made up for it though. They sound amazing!
Sara
/ October 31, 2012YUM. These look insanely good!
mmmarzipan
/ November 7, 2012you had me at Oreos… then again at cheesecake… then at cookies 😉 They look wonderful!
Nicole, RD
/ November 11, 2012I just made these for a bake sale at work…um, wow. They are dangerously good! No doubt, people will love these! Thank you!
Just Baked
/ November 11, 2012Thanks Nicole! I’m so glad you liked them. Easy and delicious…you can’t beat that! 😀
Lee
/ November 19, 2012With my bundt pan, I use crisco vegetable shortening to grease every single nook and cranny of my bundt pan, I use my fingers to make sure there is a good coating in the pan, than I coat the pan with flour by swiriling it around and make sure to dump out the extra flour by flipping the pan upside down and tapping it on the bottom to make sure there is no extra flour. Hope that helps and happy holidays 🙂
Just Baked
/ November 19, 2012Thanks Lee. I will give it a shot! Happy holidays to you as well 😀