Homemade Oreos

Now that I am a SAHM, I am finding some time to sneak in some baking and cooking. I have officially taken over dinner duty. [I had neglected it for the past two years with teaching]. And I have rekindled my love of baking. I have really not baked anything since I began teaching. Although I am not rolling in free time, I have managed to learn how to multi-task, both watching an active little boy and getting things done around the house.

I usually put Zach in his bouncer, and most recently his Bumbo, make sure he has an adequate amount of toys to keep him entertained and get to work. Zach is such a good baby. He is very content 99.9% of the time. He enjoys being the kitchen. As long as I am in his view, he loves to watch me bake away. He will go in shifts of playing with his toys, to watching me. Most recently, he has taken an interest in real life objects. So while we are in the kitchen I will give him plastic measuring spoons, plastic cups or anything else I can see that is safe for him to play with. While I am cooking, I like to tell him what I am doing and talk to him, which makes me feel like I am on my own show on the Food Network ;)

I have actually baked a handful of things in the last couple of months, but just never got around to blogging about them. One of my most recent baking attempts was Homemade Oreos. My husband loves Oreos, and when I came across this recipe on Pinterest, I had to pin it. I showed it to Justin and ever since then, he would drop hints about me making them.

They are very easy to make, but kind of time consuming. After making the dough it is suppose to chill in the FRIDGE for an hour. Well, I was so smart and put it in the freezer. Between making dinner and putting the little man to bed, it ended up being in there for a couple of hours. When it was time to roll them out and cut them, the dough was rock hard and I couldn't figure out what went wrong. Genius! The most amount of time was spent on rolling out the dough, cutting the circles and baking the cookies. It is a long process like making sugar cookies, but easy.

Yes, I made these after the babe went to bed, hence the baby monitor in the background. 

Overall the cookies were very good. Did they taste exactly like real Oreos, not really, but they were still good- and way more natural and "healthy." To make them more authentic to the real Oreo cookie, allow the cookies to sit overnight. This allows the frosting in the middle to harden up like the real deal. We ate a cookie right after I piped the frosting and it was squeezing out the sides. They were much better the next day, or hubs even likes them frozen!

Recipe: Homemade Oreos