Pennsylvania Dutch Whoopie Pies

Tami chef#252152's Note:

This has been in my family a long time! I always remember these at Gramma's house. They are a chocolate pie cookie with cream filling...this recipe is perfect for a cookie bake at church or a party..this recipe makes ALOT of cookies!

• Total Time: 28 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 50-75

Yield: 50.0 cookies

Cookie

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup baking cocoa
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk , with
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup hot water

CREAM FILLING INGREDIENTS

• 2 egg whites , beaten
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup shortening

Directions:

1. COOKIE.
2. Cream together sugar and shortening;add eggs.
3. Sift together flour, cocoa& salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Add vanilla.
4. Dissolve baking soda in HOT water and add LAST, mixing well.
5. Bake 400 degrees 8-10 minutes.
6. Make sandwiches from 2 cookies filled with whoopie pie filling.
7. COOKIE CREAM FILLING.
8. Mix together egg whites,vanilla, milk & 2 cups 10x sugar.
9. Beat in the shortening and the remaining 10x sugar.
10. Spread a dab of cream filling on flat side of COOLED cookie.
11. Top with another cookie to form sandwich pie.
12. Makes ALOT of cookies.
13. Recipe can be cut in half.

Reviews

[Chef #1175144]

Awesome!

[vdub322]

I am from PA and I grew up on Whoopie Pies and this recipe is just like my grandmother's. I made my spoonfuls bigger than a teaspoon and ended up with some pretty big whoopie pies but that's ok. Also, I set my oven on 350 and left them in 8 minutes and they turned out perfectly!

[598603]

What the heck? At 400 degrees these cookies burned well before 8 mins ? Did anyone else have this trouble? I have lowered the oven temp to 350 and see what that does. So disappointed in that first tray of whoopie pies getting burnt.