Cookies and Cream Cookies from Kroll's Korner

Cookies and Cream Cookies - made dough July 9, 2022, modified from Kroll's Korner 

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup cake flour

1 teaspoon cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, cold, unsalted

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

15 Oreos, roughly chopped

1 cup white chocolate chunks

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, cake flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Add egg and egg yolk, mixing until just combined. Add in vanilla and mix until just combined.
3. Add dry ingredients in two additions, mixing until just combined after each addition. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl to keep even textured. Do not overmix. Fold in chopped Oreos and white chocolate chunks, reserving a handful of each.
4. Portion dough into golf-ball-size dough balls. Cover and chill or freeze for several hours or overnight.
5. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Evenly space dough balls and bake 9-11 minutes or until edges are set and middles no longer look raw. Remove from oven and immediately press reserved white chocolate chunks and Oreo chunks over tops of hot cookies. Let rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes then transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.

Another good blog to follow if you like great cookies is Kroll's Korner. I've only tried a couple of her recipes, chocolate chip and white chocolate snickerdoodle, but they've both turned out well. Now I can add that I've tried her recipe for Cookies and Cream cookies.

I'm taking a break from Crumbl copycat recipes since so many of them have frosting and I can't ship frosted cookies from the desert (where I live) to another (overseas) desert (where most of my care packages for Soldiers Angels are going).

This was easy to make and tasted good. I didn't make them giant sized since smaller cookies are easier to pack and share but I can see how a giant version would be perfect for cookies and cream fans. The dough handled beautifully and the white chocolate and Oreos worked well in the cookie. Her original recipe used Hershey's cookies and cream chocolates but I didn't have those so I went with white chocolate chunks and Oreos alone; those worked just fine.