Wookiee Pies (Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Creme Pies)
Mini chocolate chips stud these chewy oatmeal sandwich cookies.
Ingredients
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
- 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
Vanilla Creme Filling
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Chewbacca Decorations
- 30 mini marshmallows
- silver Color Mist or edible paint (for marshmallows; optional)
- 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Make the cookies: In a large bowl, combine butter and brown sugar. Use an electric mixer to cream the two until they're light and fluffy, about a minute. Scrape down the sides and beat in the egg and vanilla.
- Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and oats, mixing on low until combined. Fold in chocolate chips. Scoop the dough into one-inch balls and place about two inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes, or until lightly golden. Let cool.
- Make the creme filling: In another large bowl, combine butter and confectioners' sugar. Use a clean electric mixer to cream the butter and sugar, about one minute. Add heavy cream, vanilla and salt, mixing until light, fluffy and spreadable, about one minute more.
- Decorate half the cookies: Match up similarly sized cookies. Designate one as the "face" of the cookie. Set aside.
- Cut mini marshmallows in half and coat in silver Color Mist or edible paint. Set aside.
- Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 20-second intervals, stirring in between, until fully melted and smooth. Add to a resealable plastic bag, snip off a corner, and use to pipe on Chewie faces or the bandolier belt. Top each chocolate belt with a row of marshmallows.
- Assemble the cookies: Spread creme filling on half and top with the matching cookies. Serve.