The Unveiling of the KitchenAid, and Homemade Oreos

Last month, I received quite a few lovely gifts at my bridal shower.  One of these lovely gifts was something I have coveted for quite some time.

This is a professional grade KitchenAid standing mixer, capable of holding up to 14 cups of flour.  My bridesmaids as well as my mom and future mother in law got this for me, and I am in love.

I've used it a few times already, and it makes my baking adventures so much easier!

I made some white chocolate butter cream for a batch of cupcakes and I decided to use the leftovers as the cream in some homemade oreos!

I combined 1 1/4 cups of flour

with 1/2 cup of cocoa powder

1 cup of white sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

and 1/4 tsp salt.

I added 1 1/4 sticks of butter to the dry mix

and 1 egg until they were fully incorporated.

After using my cookie scoop to lay out my batch, I used my fingers to flatten the cookies.

I baked them for 9 minutes in a 375 degree oven.

They came out rather nicely, although the dough only produced enough cookies for 17 sandwiches.

In fact, the only problem with these was that there wasn't nearly enough.  They tasted so good!

Enjoy!