Oreos are good, homemade Oreos are better, and these Homemade Oreos with Peanut Butter are DEE-VINE! When I saw Half Baked Harvest’s recipe on Tasty Kitchen, I had to do a double take. I’ve made homemade Oreos before, but it never crossed my mind to add peanut butter to the mix. Genius! Tieghan adapted this recipe from Bakerella and it is a winner.

 
 
 

To make the Oreos you need: butter, chocolate chips, sugar, vanilla, egg, flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, powdered sugar, milk, and peanut butter.

 
 
 

To make the cookies, put the butter and chocolate chips Into a medium-sized microwave safe bowl.

 
 
 

Heat it in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, and continuing in additional 30-second heat bursts until melted.

 
 
 

Whisk in the sugar until well combined.

 
 
 

Add the vanilla extract.

 
 
 

Whisk in the egg and set aside.

 
 
 

In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda until combined.

 
 
 

Stir flour mixture into the chocolate mixture. Beat with a mixer until the dough comes together.

 
 
 

Transfer the dough to a sheet of wax paper.

 
 
 

Shape into a log about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Place log along the edge of the wax paper and roll it up in the paper.

 
 
 

Shape it as you roll so it keeps a smooth cylinder form. Twist the ends of the paper to secure it closed and help keep it compact. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours. If the log settles and flattens on one side, rotate every 15 minutes or so to keep its round shape. (We forgot to roll our log, so our cookies aren’t perfectly round, but we got no complaints.)

 
 
 

Heat oven to 325ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Unwrap the dough and put it onto a cutting board.

 
 
 

Using a sharp knife, cut dough into quarter-inch-thick slices.

 
 
 

Place on prepared baking sheet. Bake for about 12-18 minutes or until cookies are firm to the touch. Allow cookies to cool completely.

 
 
 

To make the filling, beat the butter until smooth and creamy. Add sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth.

 
 
 

Add milk and salt.

 
 
 

Beat the filling until smooth.

 
 
 

Place about a tablespoon of filling on the bottom of one cookie and about a tablespoon of peanut butter on another cookie.

 
 
 

Sandwich the two cookies together and repeat with remaining cookies. And eat!

Chocolate, cream filling, and peanut butter. These cookies have it all! The cookies are slightly crisp with a deep chocolate flavor. The cream filling is sweet and goes so well with the salty peanut butter. If you are an Oreo fan, you have to make this recipe. I bet you will never be able to buy Oreos again. These Homemade Oreos with Peanut Butter are amazing!!

Thanks Tieghan for introducing me to the best Oreo cookie ever! Make sure you visit Tieghan’s blog, Half Baked Harvest, for lots and lots of delicious recipes. Now get baking, you need these Oreos in your life. Stat!

 
 

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Maria and her husband Josh (who she affectionately refers to as her “dough boy”) blog at Two Peas and Their Pod. They’ve been featured on Saveur, Eatocracy, Gourmet Live, Glamour, and the Los Angeles Times, to name just a few. They’d also just recently added a little pea to their pod. We’re so glad to have them here!