The Fourth Anniversary = Red Velvet Oreos

Today is the fourth anniversary of the day I married my wonderful husband, Ben.  We both took off work to spend the entire day together, which was especially special since I have been gone for most of the summer.

Anyway, I wanted to make him someting special to snack on today and the rest of the week in honor of our love.  I pulled out a recipe I've been saving since Valentine's Day: Homemade Red Velvet Oreos.  I found the recipe on this amazing food blog called Pink Parsley.  You should definitely check it out.

I had never made anything red velvet before and was very happy with the results.  I was able to use my Dutch-processed cocoa powder and buttermilk powder--two ingredients that don't get a lot of love in our house.  The cookies turned out a big bigger than I intended so I will adjust my scoop size in the future.  I also was overly conservative with the amount of cream filling I used on each cookie--I was nervous I would run out.  In reality, I had a considerable amount left over, which sadly meant I needed to eat it plain, with a spoon, all by myself.  Ben is sad he wasn't around for that part.

The cream filling process...my second favorite part of these cookies

The finished product

The cookies turned out absolutely delicious and are even better paired with a glass of ice cold milk.
Happy Anniversary, my love, and enjoy the cookies!