Indulge in Homemade Bliss: The Ultimate Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies Recipe
Prepare to delight your taste buds with these incredible Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies! If you’re a fan of those colossal, gourmet cookies from Crumbl, you’re in for a treat. This recipe captures the essence of their beloved Golden Oreo creation, featuring a thick and chewy vanilla cookie base generously studded with crushed Golden Oreo crumbs, topped with a rich, tangy cream cheese frosting, and finished with even more irresistible cookie crumbs. Each bite offers a perfect balance of sweetness, texture, and that unmistakable Golden Oreo flavor, making them truly unforgettable.
Have you ever experienced the magic of Crumbl Cookies? For those unfamiliar, Crumbl is a rapidly growing gourmet cookie shop celebrated for its weekly rotating menu of oversized, deliciously inventive cookies. While nothing truly beats the experience of visiting a Crumbl store, creating these copycat versions at home allows you to enjoy their unique flavors and impressive size anytime you desire. Our Golden Oreo variant is a must-try for anyone seeking a premium homemade cookie experience.
Crafting the Perfect Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies
Recreating these iconic cookies involves a delightful process that infuses Golden Oreo goodness into every layer. We start by finely crushing Golden Oreos, incorporating a significant portion directly into the vanilla cookie dough. This not only adds a delicate vanilla and cream flavor but also contributes to the cookie’s signature texture. The dough, made with essential ingredients like flour, sugar, eggs, and vanilla, is then shaped into generous balls and undergoes a crucial overnight chilling period. This step is non-negotiable for achieving that thick, chewy consistency synonymous with Crumbl cookies. Once baked to golden perfection and allowed to cool, each cookie is crowned with a luscious, homemade cream cheese frosting, and finally, a sprinkle of reserved Golden Oreo crumbs for an extra textural and flavor flourish. The result is a cookie that’s both visually stunning and incredibly delicious, rivaling the original.
Expert Tips for Baking Irresistible Cookies
Achieving bakery-quality cookies at home is simpler than you think with a few key techniques. Here are our top tips to ensure your Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies turn out perfectly every time:
- Mind Your Butter Temperature: Using properly softened butter is paramount, and it should never be melted. Butter that is too cold will not cream properly with sugar, leading to dense cookies. Butter that’s too warm or melted will result in greasy, flat cookies. The ideal consistency is soft enough to indent with a finger but still cool to the touch. If you’re short on time, microwave it in 5-second bursts on a low setting (like defrost) until it reaches the desired softness. This gradual approach helps soften it evenly without melting.
- Combine Dry Ingredients Separately: Before adding to the wet mixture, always whisk together your dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt). This seemingly small step ensures that leavening agents and salt are evenly distributed throughout the flour, preventing pockets of uneven flavor or texture in your final cookies.
- Cream Butter and Sugars Thoroughly: This is a crucial step that introduces air into the dough, contributing to a light and fluffy texture. Take an extra 2-3 minutes to cream the softened butter and granulated sugar together until the mixture is light in color and airy. This aeration process also helps create that desirable chewy consistency.
- Preheat Your Oven Properly: Always allow your oven ample time to reach and stabilize at the specified temperature before placing cookies inside. An underheated oven can cause cookies to spread excessively and bake unevenly, while a perfectly preheated oven ensures consistent baking and ideal texture.
- Utilize Parchment Paper or Silicone Mats: Line your baking sheets with either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. This prevents sticking, promotes even browning, and makes it incredibly easy to remove your delicate cookies from the pan without damaging their shape. Cleanup is also a breeze!
- Avoid Overbaking: This is arguably the most common mistake in cookie baking. Cookies continue to cook for a few minutes after being removed from the oven due to residual heat. Take your cookies out when the edges are set and lightly golden, but the centers still look slightly soft or underdone. They may not appear fully baked on top, but the bottoms will tell the story. This ensures a wonderfully soft and chewy interior.
- Room Temperature Eggs: Just like butter, bringing your eggs to room temperature helps them incorporate more smoothly and evenly into the batter. This creates a more cohesive dough and a better final cookie texture.
- Measure Flour Correctly: For accurate results, spoon your flour into a measuring cup and then level it off with a straight edge, rather than scooping directly from the bag. Scooping can compact the flour, leading to too much flour and dry, dense cookies.
Key Ingredients for Golden Oreo Cookie Perfection
Each ingredient plays a vital role in creating these deliciously authentic copycat cookies. Here’s a closer look at what you’ll need:
For the Golden Oreo Cookies:
- Golden Oreos: You’ll need approximately 28 Golden Oreo cookies. Crush them into fine crumbs, ensuring you leave the creamy filling in – that’s where a lot of the flavor and moisture come from! These crumbs are incorporated into the cookie dough and also reserved for garnish, adding a beautiful visual and textural element.
- All-Purpose Flour: The foundation of our cookie structure. All-purpose flour provides the right balance of gluten for a tender yet chewy cookie. Proper measurement is crucial here, so spoon and level your flour for the best results.
- Baking Powder: Our primary leavening agent, responsible for the cookie’s delightful puff and soft interior. Always check the expiration date to ensure your baking powder is fresh and active for optimal rise.
- Salt: A touch of salt is essential to balance the sweetness and enhance all the other flavors in the cookie. It brings out the subtle vanilla notes and prevents the cookies from tasting one-dimensionally sweet.
- Unsalted Butter (Softened): You’ll need 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) of real, unsalted butter for the cookie dough. Softened butter creams beautifully with sugar, incorporating air for a lighter texture and contributing richness and moisture to the cookies.
- Granulated Sugar: The main sweetener in the cookie dough. Granulated sugar contributes to the cookies’ golden color, helps them spread slightly, and creates that characteristic crisp-chewy edge. No brown sugar is needed for this bright, vanilla-forward recipe.
- Large Eggs: Three large eggs act as a binder, bringing all the ingredients together, adding moisture, and contributing to the cookie’s structure and richness. Ensure they are at room temperature for better emulsification.
- Vanilla Extract: A full tablespoon of vanilla extract is key to the cookie’s comforting vanilla flavor. Investing in a high-quality vanilla extract will truly elevate the taste of your cookies.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Unsalted Butter (Softened): One cup (2 sticks) of softened butter forms the creamy base of the frosting. Like with the cookie dough, softened butter whips up beautifully, creating a smooth and airy frosting.
- Cream Cheese (Softened): An 8-ounce block of softened cream cheese gives this frosting its signature tangy flavor and luxurious richness. Ensure it’s at room temperature for a lump-free, silky smooth consistency.
- Powdered Sugar: Also known as confectioners’ sugar, this fine sugar is crucial for a smooth, sweet, and creamy frosting without any graininess. You’ll need about 6 1/2 cups for the perfect sweetness and texture.
- Heavy Cream: A small amount of heavy cream helps thin out the frosting to a pipeable consistency while adding an extra layer of richness and smoothness.
- Vanilla Extract: Two teaspoons of vanilla extract enhance the frosting’s flavor, complementing the cream cheese tang and adding a warm, inviting aroma. Again, quality vanilla makes a difference.
Step-by-Step Guide: How to Make Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies
Follow these detailed instructions to create your own batch of irresistible Golden Oreo cookies:
Before you begin, line a large sheet tray with parchment paper and set it aside. This will be used for chilling your cookie dough.
MAKE THE COOKIE DOUGH
First, take your Golden Oreos and place them into a food processor. Process them until they form very fine, uniform crumbs. This ensures they integrate smoothly into the dough. Measure out 2 & ½ cups of these crumbs for your cookie dough and set the remaining crumbs aside for garnishing the finished cookies later.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the measured Oreo crumbs, all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk these dry ingredients together thoroughly to ensure even distribution of the leavening agents and salt. Set this bowl aside.
Using an electric mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the softened butter and granulated sugar for a full 3 minutes. This step is vital for incorporating air, resulting in a light and fluffy base for your cookies.
Next, add the large eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Then, pour in the vanilla extract. Continue to mix for another 2-3 minutes until the mixture is well combined and has a pale, fluffy appearance.
Finally, gradually add the reserved flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix on low speed just until everything is combined and no streaks of dry flour remain. Be careful not to overmix the dough, as this can lead to tough cookies.
CHILL THE DOUGH
Using a large cookie scoop or your hands, portion the sticky cookie dough into 12 equal portions. Do your best to form each portion into a ball, even though the dough will be quite soft and sticky at this stage. Place these dough balls onto the parchment-lined sheet tray you prepared earlier.
Cover the sheet tray with plastic wrap, and a helpful tip is to lightly spray the underside of the plastic wrap with non-stick spray to prevent it from sticking to the dough. Place the tray in the refrigerator and chill the dough overnight, for at least 12 hours. This extended chilling period is crucial for the dough to firm up, allowing the flavors to meld, and preventing the cookies from spreading too much during baking, ensuring that signature thick, chewy Crumbl texture.
BAKE THE COOKIES
The next day, preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line new sheet trays with fresh parchment paper and set them aside.
Carefully remove the chilled dough balls from the fridge. If they are still a bit uneven, gently roll them between your hands to smooth them out into perfect rounds. Arrange the cookie dough balls on the prepared sheet trays, ensuring they are spaced about 6 inches apart to allow for proper spreading.
Bake the cookies for 15-17 minutes. Look for visual cues: the cookies should appear puffed up and dry on the tops, with the edges just beginning to turn a light golden color. Remember, they may still look slightly underdone in the center, which is exactly what we want for a chewy cookie. Allow the cookies to cool on the sheet tray for about 10 minutes before carefully transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. This resting period helps them set and prevents breakage.
FROST THE COOKIES
While your freshly baked cookies are cooling, it’s time to prepare the delectable cream cheese frosting. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the softened butter and softened cream cheese. Cream these ingredients together on medium speed until the mixture is completely smooth and free of lumps. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Gradually add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing on low speed until each addition is fully incorporated. Once all the sugar is in, scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure everything is well mixed.
Pour in the heavy cream and vanilla extract, stirring briefly to combine. Then, increase the mixer speed to medium-high and whip the frosting for 3 minutes until it becomes light, airy, and wonderfully fluffy. This whipping step creates that perfect pipeable consistency and adds to the frosting’s luxurious texture.
Once the cookies are completely cool, transfer your fluffy cream cheese frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large round tip (such as a Wilton 2A or similar). Pipe generous swirls of frosting onto the top of each cookie, starting from the center and working your way outwards to create a beautiful, towering effect.
Finally, take the remaining reserved Golden Oreo crumbs and sprinkle them generously over the top of the frosted cookies. Serve these magnificent cookies immediately to enjoy their fresh taste, or store them in the refrigerator until you’re ready to share them. Enjoy your homemade Crumbl experience!
Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies
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Ingredients
- 28 golden Oreos
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1½ butter softened
- 1½ granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
FROSTING
- 1 cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 6 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp heavy cream
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
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Line a sheet tray with parchment paper and set aside.
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MAKE THE COOKIE DOUGH: Place the Oreos into a food processor and process until they form fine crumbs.
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In a large bowl, stir together 2 & ½ cups of the Oreo crumbs (save the rest for garnish), the flour, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.
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Use an electric mixer or stand mixer to cream the butter and sugar together for 3 minutes.
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Add the eggs and vanilla and mix for another 2-3 minutes.
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Add the flour mixture and mix just until combined.
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CHILL THE DOUGH: Portion the cookie dough into 12 portions and form into a ball, the dough will be very sticky, do your best. Place on the prepared sheet tray.
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Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge overnight. Tip: It helps if you spray the plastic wrap with non-stick spray before covering the cookie dough.
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BAKE THE COOKIES: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line sheet trays with parchment paper and set aside.
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Try and roll the cookie dough balls between your hands to smooth it out. Place on the sheet trays about 6 inches apart.
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Bake for 15-17 minutes until puffed, and they appear dry on the tops. Allow to cool for 10 minutes on the sheet tray and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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FROST THE COOKIES: While the cookies cool, make the frosting by placing the butter and cream cheese into the body of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Cream until smooth.
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Add the powdered sugar a little at a time until fully mixed it, scrape down the sides.
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Add the heavy cream and vanilla, and stir it in. Place on medium-high speed and whip for 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
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Using a piping bag fitted with a Wilton 2A tip or something similar, pipe swirls on top of the cookies.
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Add a sprinkling of the reserved Golden Oreo crumbs on top. Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Additional Tips for Achieving Perfect Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies
- Don’t Skip the Overnight Chill: We cannot stress this enough – the dough for these cookies is intentionally very sticky, and the overnight chilling period is absolutely essential. This not only firms up the dough for easier handling but, more importantly, allows the flour to fully hydrate and the butter to re-solidify. This prevents excessive spreading in the oven, ensuring your cookies achieve that desirable thick, chewy, and slightly underbaked center that Crumbl is famous for.
- Customize with Extra Goodies: For an even more decadent experience, consider folding in larger chunks of Golden Oreo cookies into the dough during the last mixing stage. You could also add a cup of white chocolate chips to the dough for an extra layer of sweetness and complementary flavor that pairs wonderfully with the vanilla and cream cheese.
- Serving Temperature is Key: Because these cookies feature a delicious cream cheese frosting, they must be refrigerated to maintain their freshness and structure. However, they are truly best enjoyed at room temperature. To achieve the optimal eating experience, remove the cookies from the refrigerator about 20-30 minutes before serving. This allows the cookie and frosting to soften slightly, bringing out their full flavor and creamy texture.
- Achieving Perfect Roundness: For cookies that look straight out of a bakery, after portioning the chilled dough, gently roll each ball between your palms to smooth any rough edges. If your cookies come out of the oven slightly misshapen, immediately after removing them from the oven, use a large round cookie cutter or the rim of a glass slightly larger than your cookie to gently scoot around the edges, shaping them into perfect circles while they are still warm and pliable.
Can I Make These Cookies Smaller?
While Crumbl cookies are renowned for their impressive, generous size, you can absolutely adjust this recipe to make smaller cookies. A common approach is to divide each of the 12 original cookie dough balls in half, yielding 24 smaller, more manageable cookies. If you choose to make them smaller, be aware that the baking time will be significantly reduced. Keep a very close eye on them in the oven, as they will bake much faster, typically requiring only 8-12 minutes, depending on their size. You’ll want to pull them out when the edges are set and lightly golden, but the centers still look slightly soft, just like their larger counterparts, to maintain that lovely chewy texture.
How to Store Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies
Due to the delightful cream cheese frosting, proper storage is essential to maintain the quality and safety of your Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies. Always store these cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator. This will keep them fresh and delicious for up to 5 days. If you’ve baked a large batch or want to enjoy them over a longer period, these cookies also freeze beautifully. Place them in a single layer in an airtight, freezer-safe container, or wrap individual cookies tightly in plastic wrap before placing them in a container or freezer bag. They can be frozen for up to 3 months. When ready to enjoy, simply thaw them in the refrigerator overnight or at room temperature for a couple of hours. Remember to let them come to room temperature before serving for the best flavor and texture.
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Whether you’re a devoted Crumbl fan or simply a lover of delicious cookies, this Copycat Crumbl Golden Oreo Cookies recipe is sure to become a cherished favorite. The combination of thick, chewy vanilla cookies, infused with Golden Oreo crumbs, and topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting, creates a truly irresistible treat. Gather your ingredients, follow our detailed steps, and get ready to enjoy bakery-style perfection right in your own kitchen!