These are good. We make a couple dozen for the Army sons. Their buddys love em.
Whoopie Pie Recipe
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup cocoa
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
Whoopie Pie Filling (see recipe below)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease baking sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together shortening, sugar, and egg. In another bowl, combine cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a small bowl, stir the vanilla extract into the milk. Add the dry ingredients to the shortening mixture, alternating with the milk mixture; beating until smooth.
Drop batter by the 1/4 cup (to make 18 cakes) onto prepared baking sheets. With the back of a spoon spread batter into 4-inch circles, leaving approximately 2 inches between each cake. Bake 15 minutes or until they are firm to the touch. Remove from oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Make Whoopie Pie Filling. When the cakes are completely cool, spread the flat side (bottom) of one chocolate cake with a generous amount of filling. Top with another cake, pressing down gently to distribute the filling evenly. Repeat with all cookies to make 9 pies. Wrap whoopie pies individually in plastic wrap, or place them in a single layer on a platter (do not stack them, as they tend to stick).
To freeze, wrap each whoopie pie in plastic wrap. Loosely pack them in a plastic freezer container and cover. To serve, defrost the wrapped whoopie pies in the refrigerator.
Makes 9 large whoopie pies.
Whoopie Pie Filling:
1 cup solid vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 cups Marshmallow Fluff
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Butter may be substituted for all or part of the vegetable shortening, although traditional Whoopie Pies are made with vegetable shortening only
Marshmallow Creme may be substituted.
In a medium bow, beat together shortening, sugar, and Marshmallow fluff; stir in vanilla extract until well blended.
Enjoy
nepas
I have used Nepa's recipe for Whoopie Pies before & they are awesome.
I've made them too. Most Excellent!
Dip in chocolate and call them Moon Pies - RC Cola anyone?
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Hey nepas, have you made them using butter?
Did you use butter in the batter? I would think they come out soft using butter.
Just thinking out loud. ;)
Unless you delivered them in a horse and buggy and got the aroma of the , ummmmmm, horse exhaust, mixed in, they aren't truly Amish Whoopie Pies ;D
I'm gonna have to make a run at these, Neepers. They don't require a mandoline slicer, by chance, do they? ;D ;D
Quote from: Smoking Duck on March 10, 2009, 01:55:02 PM
Unless you delivered them in a horse and buggy and got the aroma of the , ummmmmm, horse exhaust, mixed in, they aren't truly Amish Whoopie Pies ;D
I'm gonna have to make a run at these, Neepers. They don't require a mandoline slicer, by chance, do they? ;D ;D
Duck if you use your slicer on these you will have Amish mushy pies :D ;D
nepas
I see them when we go to the "Green Dragon" and my teeth start to vibrate, too sweet for me.
Quote from: Roadking on March 10, 2009, 03:50:26 PM
I see them when we go to the "Green Dragon" and my teeth start to vibrate, too sweet for me.
We owned a house 4 miles from the Dragon. Lived there for 12 years.
nepas
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on March 10, 2009, 04:01:23 PM
Quote from: Roadking on March 10, 2009, 03:50:26 PM
I see them when we go to the "Green Dragon" and my teeth start to vibrate, too sweet for me.
We owned a house 4 miles from the Dragon. Lived there for 12 years.
nepas
What made you move north? I would have gone south.
Ever go to the market in Quakertown?
Quote from: Roadking on March 10, 2009, 04:09:21 PM
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on March 10, 2009, 04:01:23 PM
Quote from: Roadking on March 10, 2009, 03:50:26 PM
I see them when we go to the "Green Dragon" and my teeth start to vibrate, too sweet for me.
We owned a house 4 miles from the Dragon. Lived there for 12 years.
nepas
What made you move north? I would have gone south.
Ever go to the market in Quakertown?
Kids moved out so we had a new house built and its closer to LVI where my wife works. Driving from Ephrata to Allentown everyday was killing her and wearing to many cars out ;D When she retires we might go south to Savannah
Yeah we been to just about all of em.
nepas
I've never made whoopie pies, but I have a feeling that I'm going to have to try them............
I made these seemore, they are great.
I took them to work and they evaporated.
Quote from: seemore on March 10, 2009, 05:47:38 PM
I've never made whoopie pies, but I have a feeling that I'm going to have to try them............
It's a must. They are really good!
HCT - I have never made them with butter. As much as I hate using shortening this is one recipe that I personally wouldn't sub butter for shortening. If you used butter they would spread out more and the texture would be different. I think they would be good but I'm not sure I would think of them as whoopie pies.
I ran out of shortening for a filling batch and had to sub butter.
They were still good, a little different texture.
Quote from: deb415611 on March 11, 2009, 03:51:47 AM
Quote from: seemore on March 10, 2009, 05:47:38 PM
I've never made whoopie pies, but I have a feeling that I'm going to have to try them............
It's a must. They are really good!
HCT - I have never made them with butter. As much as I hate using shortening this is one recipe that I personally wouldn't sub butter for shortening. If you used butter they would spread out more and the texture would be different. I think they would be good but I'm not sure I would think of them as whoopie pies.
Quote from: FLBentRider on March 11, 2009, 03:55:30 AM
I ran out of shortening for a filling batch and had to sub butter.
They were still good, a little different texture.
I'm not a big fan of shortening either,I luvs my butter. ;)
FLB, what kind of texture, fluffier or crispy?
A whoopie pie is like a sandwich, but made with two soft cookies with a fluffy white filling. Traditional whoopies pies are made with vegetable shortening, not butter. The original and most commonly made whoopie pie is chocolate.
nepas
The filling made with butter was less fluffy, more creamy than the filling made with shortening. And a little less white. ::)
Thanks FLB, that's half my question answered. ;) :)
Quote from: HCT on March 10, 2009, 01:52:12 PM
Hey nepas, have you made them using butter?
Did you use butter in the batter? I would think they come out soft using butter.
Just thinking out loud. ;)
No i only use shortening. Butter will make the batter not as fluffy and the cream taste different. They do make butter flavoring you can add to the filling.
My Amish friends wife only uses shortening too.
nepas
nepas
Okay Nepas, I'm in the middle of baking off the cookies. Got to put them on hold for now, got to watch my grandkids. Boy, making them in circles takes some time. :D :D
Yup, used all shortening.
Quote from: HCT on March 13, 2009, 07:33:09 AM
Okay Nepas, I'm in the middle of baking off the cookies. Got to put them on hold for now, got to watch my grandkids. Boy, making them in circles takes some time. :D :D
Yup, used all shortening.
Just use a large spoon, drop the batter on the cookie sheet and swirl the batter into a 3" circle.
nepas
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on March 13, 2009, 08:08:59 AM
Quote from: HCT on March 13, 2009, 07:33:09 AM
Okay Nepas, I'm in the middle of baking off the cookies. Got to put them on hold for now, got to watch my grandkids. Boy, making them in circles takes some time. :D :D
Yup, used all shortening.
Just use a large spoon, drop the batter on the cookie sheet and swirl the batter into a 3" circle.
nepas
I use an ice cream scoop
Quote from: deb415611 on March 13, 2009, 08:50:45 AM
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on March 13, 2009, 08:08:59 AM
Quote from: HCT on March 13, 2009, 07:33:09 AM
Okay Nepas, I'm in the middle of baking off the cookies. Got to put them on hold for now, got to watch my grandkids. Boy, making them in circles takes some time. :D :D
Yup, used all shortening.
Just use a large spoon, drop the batter on the cookie sheet and swirl the batter into a 3" circle.
nepas
I use an ice cream scoop
Me too Deb
nepas
They're done. Came out great. Only got 12, 3" whoopies and the texture was good. Used 2 Tbs for each.
Grandkids loved them. Mixing the creme was a chore but worth it.
Quote from: HCT on March 13, 2009, 11:34:12 AM
They're done. Came out great. Only got 12, 3" whoopies and the texture was good. Used 2 Tbs for each.
Grandkids loved them. Mixing the creme was a chore but worth it.
I use a small electric hand mixer for the cream. Sometimes i add nutmeg and cinnamon to the cream for a different taste.
nepas
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on March 14, 2009, 05:07:57 AM
Quote from: HCT on March 13, 2009, 11:34:12 AM
They're done. Came out great. Only got 12, 3" whoopies and the texture was good. Used 2 Tbs for each.
Grandkids loved them. Mixing the creme was a chore but worth it.
I use a small electric hand mixer for the cream. Sometimes i add nutmeg and cinnamon to the cream for a different taste.
nepas
Yeah, I did too. I mixed it a little by hand first to stop the splatter, still had some but the dogs loved it.
I know the ice cream scoop would be the tool to use, mine is broken that's why I used the tablespoons. Like I said, they came out great. I also use the silpat for the baking, great tool.
Those mats a nice. My Amish friends wife uses a convection air oven to do her baking. They sell at a stand in the front of their farm and at a couple farmers markets. We have a convection oven so the bake time is faster and i realy got to watch so i dont burn the whoopies ;D
Looks like you got em down though.
nepas
Rick,
There is something wrong with your receipt - it makes 5 not 9 ;D
I figured that I better bake for the teenager. The puppy has been getting more homemade treats than he has.
Deb
Quote from: deb415611 on July 02, 2009, 01:13:15 PM
Rick,
There is something wrong with your receipt - it makes 5 not 9 ;D
I figured that I better bake for the teenager. The puppy has been getting more homemade treats than he has.
Deb
Deb
you must have done the same thing my wife did when she made em. I use a regular spoon and swirl them into 2" rounds. The flatten and puff up.
nepas