Homemade Oreo Cookies

Cookie

1 box devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
3/4 cup shortening

Filling

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoons butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With a hand mixer, combine cake mix, eggs, and shortening. Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop out cookies onto baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes. Cookies should be soft. Remove from oven and transfer cookies to cooling rack.

 With a hand mixer, combine cream cheese, butter, and sugar. frost the bottom of a cookie and then top with another cookie to make a sandwich. Continue with remaining cookies. makes about 25-30 cookie sandwiches.

Apple Crisp

Filling:

6 McIntosh apples, peeled and diced into 1/2-inch pieces

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Topping:

1 c all-purpose flour
1/2 c old-fashioned rolled oats
1/3 c granulated sugar
1/3 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c unsalted butter, melted


Mix apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar in bowl. Poor in baking dish. Stir together the flour, oats, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt until blended. Stir in melted butter until evenly moistened crumbs form. Spoon over filling.

Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until bubbly.