Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Pumpkin Whoopie Pie Cookies!

            These delicious cookies would be great to make this coming Thanksgiving Day!

So here is the recipe:

Ingredients

  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cups solid pack pumpkin puree
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 tablespoon ground cloves
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1 egg white
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3/4 cup shortening

  • Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
  2. Combine the oil and brown sugar. Mix in the pumpkin and eggs, beating well. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Mix well. Let dough sit for 5-10 minutes to thicken up.
  3. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool then make sandwiches from two cookies filled with Whoopie Pie Filling.
  4. To Make Whoopie Pie Filling: Beat egg white and mix with the milk, add cream cheese and, 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1 cup of the confectioners' sugar. Mix well then beat in the shortening and the remaining cup of confectioners' sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.

Serve with a chilled glass of milk and enjoy!



All credit goes to the original poster at http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pumpkin-whoopie-pies/

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