In a medium-sized bowl whisk together flours, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl cream, with electric beater (or by hand), butter and sugar together for several minutes. Add egg, milk, and vanilla until thoroughly combined.
Add a few drops of yellow food coloring and one drop of red.
Slowly add flour mixture until well mixed. Adjust food coloring one drop at a time until it has the desired orange shade.
Turn off beater and shape dough into a ball.
Divide in half; roll each half into a log on a silpat or floured surface. If the dough is too soft and sticky, refrigerate for 10 – 15 minutes. Don’t let it get too cold or it will be difficult to shape.
Cut into ½” slices
Roll (either on the counter or between your palms) each slice into a cone shape
Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
After cookie sheet is full, slightly flatten the “carrots”
Refrigerate a couple of hours or overnight; they hold their shape better if they’re really cold before baking
Bake at 350 for 5 – 8 minutes (depending on the size of your “carrots) peeking to make sure the tips don’t get too dark. Cool
Stick a toothpick in the top of each cookie, carefully pushing it almost all the way in. Make an assembly line.
Tie a green ribbon on the tip of toothpick. I use fabric-with-wire ribbon because I can shape them.
Grind Oreo cookies in a food processor or blender. Place the Oreo “dirt” in a serving dish.
Dip bottom half of “carrot” cookie into Dulce de Leche and stick in the Oreo dirt.
Recipe Notes
NOTE: Make ahead so it’s not overwhelming. For example
1 or 2 weeks earlier a) make and freeze the cookies to bake later or b) make AND bake the cookies. If making ahead; I freeze them (baked or unbaked it’s the same process) in a large ziploc bag lined with parchment paper. Place parchment paper between the layers or cookies also so they don’t stick together.
Make the Oreo crumbs by pulsing 6–8 cookies at a time in a blender or food processor. Store in a covered container.
One or two days before, tie green ribbon on toothpicks and insert into baked cookies. I like using fabric ribbons wire to hold the shape)
Day of: recruit your kids to dip the “carrots” in Dulce de Leche and place in Oreo “dirt”