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Soft Homemade Oreo Cookies

These soft homemade Oreo cookies are easy to make and taste delicious. With a soft, chewy chocolate cookie and a creamy filling these cookies are always a hit.
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 boxes Devil's Food cake mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups shortening
  • 8 oz plain cream cheese
  • 1 stick room temperature butter
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350°
  • Sift the contents of two Devil's Food cake mixes into a large mixing bowl
  • Add 4 eggs and 1 1/2 cups of shortening and mix together.
  • Form the dough into small balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Press down each one lightly with your fingers.
  • Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes.
  • Allow the cookies to cool for a minute or two on the baking sheet before removing to a cooling rack. Cool completely.
  • Prepare the cream filling by adding the 1 stick of butter and 8 oz. cream cheese. Cream together.
  • Add 2 cups of powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla and mix together.
  • Spread the cream filling onto the flat side of a cookie and top with another cookie of similar size.