When you make chocolate chip cookies part of the process is, you eat some of the cookie dough. It has also been one of those, you aren’t supposed to do that type of things. Everyone does it anyways. Who can blame you when chocolate chip cookie dough tastes so good? What if I told you that, you can have your cookie dough and eat it too, with no worries of salmonella? You can with this easy eggless, chocolate chip cookie dough.
My son is a admitted chocoholic. He loves all things chocolate. His favorite candy is Hershey’s Cookies and Cream Candy Bar. It really was no surprise that when he saw a cookie mix for cookies and cream cookies he picked it up and said I needed to buy it and make the cookies for him. A compromise was made and he agreed to letting me make the cookies from scratch. Oh geez what had I gotten my self into this time? I bought the chocolate cream filled cookies and finished the rest of my shopping and headed home to make cookies.
When I got home I got to work on my son’s cookies and mixed up a dough that was similar to my chocolate chip cookie dough but I added the crumbled cookies instead of chips. That was a debate in itself to add chips or not to add chips. If I add chips do I add white chocolate chips, semi sweet, dark chocolate or milk. So many decisions were to be made. I ended up deciding to go without them. The cookies baked and my son anxiously waited for his cookies. I have made Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies in the past so I knew the two were a tasty combo but I have to say what I created was the best of both worlds. The stuffed cookies can be a bit of a pain to make and these were so easy and ended up being super tasty! My husband even said to me, “who would have thought to use cookies to make a cookie”. These Cookies and Cream Cookies are a new favorite in my house. Try them for yourself! I am sure you will fall in love with them also.
Cookies and Cream Cookies
Ingredients
1/2 cup Butter softened
1/2 cup Shortening
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 t Vanilla Extract
1t baking soda
1/2t salt
2 3/4 cups Flour
2 cups Chocolate Sandwich Cookies (such as Oreo’s or Newman-O’s), crushed/broken
*optional* Add 1-2 cups of your favorite chocolate chips. My husband feels this may be too much but my son thinks that they will make these cookies even better. I leave the to add chips or not to up to you.
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a large bowl cream together butter, shortening, brown sugar and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Mix in eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined
4. Gradually mix in Flour, Baking Soda and Salt.
5. Add in crushed/broken chocolate sandwich cookies and mix well, evenly distributing cookie crumbs.
6. Chill cookie dough, overnight to 24 hours for best results. If you are in a rush for cookies 2-4 hours will work.
7. Use a cookie scoop or spoon and drop onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
8. Bake 10-12 minutes until golden
Makes approx. 4 dozen cookies (more or less depending on your cookie size)
*All butter or all shortening may be used instead of half and half. Margarine may be used in place of butter. The end result will change the texture of your cookie.