Shelly's Recipe

OREO CHUNK COOKIES

Category: Cookies

12 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp dark brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 cups unbleached flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
10-12 broken (into halves and thirds) Oreos plus some cut up dark chocolate

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat butter and sugars until smooth. Add vanilla and eggs and mix until combined.

In a separate bowl, stir together flour, soda, salt, baking powder and cream of tartar. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and stir until incorporated. Stir in oreos by hand.

Divide the dough into about 12 equal sections and shape into balls – try not to crush up the Oreos too much. Place dough balls 3 inches apart (6 per cookie sheet) on parchment lined or non-stick cookie sheet and flatten tops slightly. You don't want to flatten it too much, you just don't want it to look like a ball. Press pieces of dark chocolate into the ball. Bake for about 15 minutes or until brown around the edges. Cool slightly on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack to set: remove from baking sheet. Cool on wire rack. Makes about 12 big cookies