That's kind of a lie. The only things these tuxedos have in common with the cookie I made this weekend is that they're black and white, and easy to pull off with the right ingredients.
The Tuxedo:
sharp tailoring and a hot pair of shoes
(source)
The Cookie:
flour, sugar, butter, and a tall glass of (almond) milk
Homemade Oreos
Recipe and image via Smitten Kitchen
Makes 25 to 30 sandwich cookies
For the chocolate wafers:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 to 1 1/2 cups sugar [see recipe note]
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) room-temperature, unsalted butter
1 large egg
For the filling:
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) room-temperature, unsalted butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Set two racks in the middle of the oven. Preheat to 375°F.
- In a food processor, or bowl of an electric mixer, thoroughly mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda and powder, salt, and sugar. While pulsing, or on low speed, add the butter, and then the egg. Continue processing or mixing until dough comes together in a mass.
- Take rounded teaspoons of batter and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet approximately two inches apart. With moistened hands, slightly flatten the dough. Bake for 9 minutes, rotating once for even baking. Set baking sheets on a rack to cool.
- To make the cream, place butter and shortening in a mixing bowl, and at low speed, gradually beat in the sugar and vanilla. Turn the mixer on high and beat for 2 to 3 minutes until filling is light and fluffy.
- To assemble the cookies, in a pastry bag with a 1/2 inch, round tip, pipe teaspoon-size blobs of cream into the center of one cookie. Place another cookie, equal in size to the first, on top of the cream. Lightly press, to work the filling evenly to the outsides of the cookie. Continue this process until all the cookies have been sandwiched with cream. Dunk generously in a large glass of milk.
*Warning - these cookies are so delicious that you will be asked to make them again and again. They're simple enough to make that this won't be a problem. And also, they provide a really good base to play around with flavours, which is a bonus in my books (chocolate biscuit with lime or coconut icing, espresso cookies with ice cream instead of icing...).
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I like that ties have become a thing lately. The other day we were perusing a line of ties that this guy makes from vintage sourced fabrics and sells online and wishing that we could incorporate them into our wardrobe. He bases his designs on deconstructed vintage ties, and they're such works of art and craftsmanshp that I would easily never wear a necklace again if I could trade them in for these beauties.
Chloe Sevigny and Freida Pinto at the MET Gala
