For over 100 years, Oreo has been making cookies that have delighted journalism students across America. So much in fact that whoever is in charge of snacks for our weekly yearbook work nights, is pretty much required to bring at least two packs of the sinfully delicious cookies for everyone to share.

So I thought to myself, why not just make them myself? It should be easy enough.

And it is. I mean, two cookies and some icing? No big deal.

So here it is.

Homemade Oreos

Start to finish: 1 hour

Servings: Approximately 30 cookies

Here’s what you need:

For the cookie:

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup dutch process cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

For the filling:

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

2 tablespoons heavy cream

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

3-3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Here’s the fun part:

In a stand mixer on high, mix together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

One at a time, mixing after each addition, add the egg and vanilla to the egg mixture.

In a different bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.

Add the flour mixture into the egg mixture, mixing on low until well combined.

Split the dough into two portions, wrap in plastic wrap, and put in the fridge for half an hour.

Once chilled, roll out each portion of the dough to ⅛ to ¼ inch thick.

Preheat your oven to 350 F.

Cut circles out of the dough with a cookie cutter — any size will work — and place the cookies into a parchment lined baking sheet.

Bake for 12-15 minutes.

In a mixer on high, mix the butter, heavy cream, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy.

Slowly incorporate the powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.

Put the icing into a plastic bag with the corner cut off for easy piping.

Once the cookies have cooled, take two and pipe as much icing as you’d like onto one cookie and sandwich the other on top.

Cookies may need to be put into the fridge to set.

Here are some tips:

• Add some black food coloring into the cookie dough to get the iconic Oreo look
• Using a closed star frosting top, make an imprint on the center of each cookie to decorate
• Add food coloring into the filling for different occasions

It’s that easy. Just like I said, make some cookies and slap some icing in between them. They don’t taste exactly like Oreos, but they’re still dang good. Until next week, fellow foodies.

Junior Laken Wagner has been spending time in the kitchen since she was five years old, where both baking and cooking have always filled her extra time. She enjoys baking more than anything else and can frequently be found decorating cakes or trying out new recipes.