Beauty and the Beast's Grey Stuff
This recipe is inspired by the popular Disney movie - Beauty and the Beast. In the song, Be Our Guest, Lumiere tells Belle to "try the grey stuff it's the best!" and that's what this easy recipe is recreating. This dessert is a delicious whipped pudding on top of a soft sugar cookie.
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
Sugar Cookies
- 1 Cup Unsalted Softened Butter
- 1 Cup White Sugar
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 Tsp Almond Extract
- 1 Egg
- 2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 3 Cups All Purpose Flour
Grey Stuff Topping
- 8-10 Crushed Oreos
- 1 Package Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix
- 1 Cup Cold Milk
- 1 1/2 Cup Cool Whip
- Black Gel Food Colouring (Optional)
Instructions
Sugar Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350F and lined your cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, using a stand or hand mix, cream butter and white sugar until smooth for about 3-4 minutes.
- Add in the vanilla and almond extract as well as the egg and beat together for another minute or so.
- In a seperate bowl, add in your flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Scoop in about a cup of the dry ingredients at a time into the wet ingredients until everything is combined. The dough will be crumbly.
- On a clean and floured surface, knead your sugar cookie dough together until you're able to shape into a ball.
- Split the dough in half and roll out the first chunk. Using a flower or scallop cookie cutter, start shaping your cookies and place on baking sheet.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes and let the cookies cool completely on a cookie rack.
Grey Stuff Topping
- In a bowl, add in your one package of Vanilla Instant Mix and Cold Milk.
- Whisk together til the consistency thickens and fold in your Cool Whip and 3/4 of the Crushed Oreos.
- At this point, it will be a tad grey but if you want to intensify the colour, you can add in Black Gel Food Coloring. I just stuck a tooth in there a few times.
- Add mixture into piping bag with whatever piping tip you hvae and let chill for 10 minutes.
- Pipe the mixture onto the top of the cookie and garnish with the rest of the Crushed Oreo Cookies.
- Serve and enjoy!