Oreo pic and Boho

After posting my first blog I was in a hurry and didn't realize that I didn't post the actual recipe I had used for my oreos or my whoopie, though I don't think I need to for the whoopie... So here's the gluten free oreos- (original recipe from Deb of Smittenkitchen.com)

For the chocolate wafers:

1 1/4 cups Bob's Red Mill all-purpose gluten free baking flour

1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa (I used Valrhona)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons room-temperature butter

1 large egg (omit if you want it to be vegan)

For the filling:

1/4 cup room-temperature butter

1/4 cup vegetable shortening

2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven for 375F

Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and powder, salt and sugar in a food processor.

Pulse then add the butter (include the egg if you don't care for vegan)

Pulse some more until it forms into one huge lump of goodness

I used a small cookie scooper to make my portions and just flattened them down a bit with my hands.

Bake for 9 min.

Let it set on the pan and finish cooling on a cooling rack.

For the filling cream the butter and shortening together then gradually add vanilla and sugar.

It was really hot when I made it so the filling wasn't as thick as before. Just add more sugar if you want a thicker consistency.

Pipe or spoon filling onto your wafers and yay for homemade oreos!

Moving forward, this weekend was filled with fun times. Edward and I ended up in Hollywood this past week to see Angels and Demons at the Arclight, we had dinner at Boho, which was on the corner of Ivar and Sunset. Boho is a gastropub with a trendy but comfy feel. Apparently they get their decor from second hand stores. We started off with a Charcuterie Plate

which consisted of whiskey chicken liver mousse, rabbit and pork rillette, cured ham, salami, wild boar pate. It was quite tasty though I don't know what parts of the animals we ate. Our waiter offered us more bread when he saw that we had leftover meat which was observant and cool. I had a pulled pork pizza with bbq sauce, smoked mozzarella and roasted shallots. Edward had a pizza called Kalbi- Korean bbq shortribs, chili paste, kimchee, fontina cheese,
scallions. According to the waiter that and the Charcuterie was a "good choice". The kalbi was a delicious and different spin on pizza. Crust was thin and crisp so if you're expecting a thick crust sorry! The movie was gonna start soon so we didn't have time for dessert, though the chocolate cake bread pudding sounded amazing! Will it be a repeat place? Don't see why not, though I don't recommend going on "date night" since trying to find parking was painful and ended up paying 10 bucks to park across the street in a grimy lot. But that's Hollywood!