Gingernuts and Oreo biscuits

Crunched up ginger nuts make an excellent base for cheesecake.

I've seen recipes using Oreo biscuits on YouTube, where the biscuits are dunked in some sort of coffee/alcoholic brew, then sandwiched together with some creamy confection. Sort of Tiramisu with Oreos. Looks nice, I would eat it if offered probably. If you want to make it I'll come along and test it for you.

If you make a cheesecake with a biscuit crumb base it’s delicious made with Oreos instead of digestives. Make sure you melt the butter.
Or look at Nigella’s chocolate tart.
Lethal!

Whisk up a bowl of cream, add a couple of generous tablespoons of Baileys and a large handful of the crushed biscuits. Give it a stir and serve.

Thanks for all these suggestions ladies. They sound delicious and I am going to try them all. Do you remove the cream from the Oreo biscuits before you use them?

No, just leave the cream in.

Where's our very own Oreo when you need her 😂😂

I’ve just made Oreo buttercream to go in a chocolate cake. Simply make ordinary buttercream and mix in Oreos reduced to crumbs in the food processor. I’m not a great fan of them but the buttercream tastes good.

I make “soil” from unwanted biscuits to serve with vanilla ice cream, a trick I learned from a chef relative. All you do is pulverise the biscuits in a food processor until quite fine. Optional additions may be nuts, or a bit of chocolate (dark chocolate works well). A soil mix of Oreo and ginger nuts would be pretty good, you’d probably just have to make sure that with the cream in the Oreos you dont end up with a paste.

The funny thing is, every time I serve this, everyone thinks it’s very posh! 🤭 It’s always very popular.

Some more lovely mouthwatering ideas here. I want to try them all so I will have to buy some more biscuits!!

AmberGran

I've seen recipes using Oreo biscuits on YouTube, where the biscuits are dunked in some sort of coffee/alcoholic brew, then sandwiched together with some creamy confection. Sort of Tiramisu with Oreos. Looks nice, I would eat it if offered probably. If you want to make it I'll come along and test it for you.

I made something similar with a different type of biscuit (can't remember which ones).
Make strong black coffee, add coffee liqueur, dunk biscuits quickly, cover in a mixture of whipped cream and mascarpone, with a little icing sugar if you wish. This was placed on a plate like a Swiss roll but you could put it in a dish like a tiramisu.

Spinnaker

Where's our very own Oreo when you need her 😂😂

I’m here!😁
My two fave biscuits mentioned by OP so just parcel them up and send to me c/o Gransnet please.😃
All I know is either of those biscuits, if put in a plastic bag and hit repeatedly with a rolling pin make a good base for a cheesecake.

Thanks Oreo. I crush my digestives with a rolling pin but didn’t know whether it would work with the harder biscuits. My oreos are the spooky type with the orange cream so don’t know if that would make a difference.

You could use ginger nuts instead of macaroons in a trifle.

Gigernut Log? justamumnz.com/2016/12/01/gingernut-log/

Slightly off-topic but…husband requested ginger biscuits and I thought he’d be pleased when I brought them home.
Apparently the ginger nuts I chose are wrong, totally wrong.
It has to be ginger snaps.
Blowed if I knew there was any difference.

Polremy

Slightly off-topic but…husband requested ginger biscuits and I thought he’d be pleased when I brought them home.
Apparently the ginger nuts I chose are wrong, totally wrong.
It has to be ginger snaps.
Blowed if I knew there was any difference.

Ginger snaps are wonderful particularly with cream, that is probably what he fancies.
Ginger nuts are for dunking or you break you teeth

pen50

Gigernut Log? justamumnz.com/2016/12/01/gingernut-log/

Thanks for the link - perfect to make either my grandson over the holidays.

With my grandson!!

Oh, that gingerbread log is a must!

What do you do with the ‘soil’ to make people think it’s posh?

I can't imagine why anybody has ginger biscuits left over. They are my absolute favourite.

Y737

What do you do with the ‘soil’ to make people think it’s posh?

I don't make them think it's posh! They do it all by themselves! Perhaps because it is sometimes served in fancy restaurants - who knows.

All I know is without fail, every time I serve it, there are oohs and aahs.

completely agree with Grandmabatty I always use crumbled gingernuts in melted butter pressed into bottom of tin for my non- baked cheesecake....gives a bit of piquancy!