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     Title: OREO COOKIES
Categories: Desserts
     Yield: 48 servings

    18 oz PKG Devil's Food Cake Mix
     2    Eggs
     2 tb Water
     2 tb Cooking Oil
   1/2 c  Bitter Cocoa Powder
     1    Envelope Unflavored Gelatin
   1/4 c  Cold Water
     1 c  Crisco
     1 ts Vanilla
     1 lb Plus 1 Cup Powdered Sugar

 Blend all COOKIE DOUGH ingredients together until you
 can shape the dough into a smooth ball.  Let it stand
 20 minutes, loosely covered.  Form dough into
 marble-sized balls.  Place 2 inches apart on greased
 cookie sheet. Flatten each with smooth bottom of a
 drinking glass greased once and dipped into Nestles'
 Quick Powder. (Or use sweetened chocolate drink
 powder).  Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes.  Remove
 cookies at once from baking sheet, to paper toweling
 and at once, flatten each cookie with back of pancake
 turner.  Let cool 20 minutes.  Fill with COOKIE
 FILLING mixture. (Cookie Filling)
 Soften gelatin in cold water.  Place in heatproof cup
 in pan of hot water till gelatin is transparent.
  Meanwhile beat Crisco till fluffy, adding vanilla and
 sugar a little at a time.  Beat in Gelatin mixture
 when it is completely cooled, but not yet "set" or
 firm.  This is used to give the filling stability - as
 well as protein!  When cooled, shape filling into 1
 inch balls.  Place between the two bottom sides of the
 cooled cookies, pressing gently till filling has
 spread to edge of cookies and rounded-out like the
 originals. This is suppose to be a great imitation
 version of the original Nabisco Oreos.

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