Whoopie Pies

"This is an old New England classic, adapted from an old Gourmet recipe."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
15
Yields:
15 pies
Serves:
15
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cream shortening and sugar.
  • Add eggs and beat well.
  • Sift together dry ingredients.
  • Combine milk and vanilla in measuring cup.
  • Add dry ingredients in alternation with milk mixture, mixing well after each addition Drop tablespoons of batter onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 375 until puffed and firm to the touch, about 10-12 minutes.
  • Do not overbake.
  • Cream together butter, vanilla, salt, and confectioner's sugar for filling.
  • Add just enough milk to make a spreadable consistency.
  • Sandwich a generous amount of filling between two cake halves.

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Reviews

  1. Oh yes, these are gourmet Whoopies indeed! I used a mix of half shortening and half butter for the cake part, and same with the filling. The cakes baked up perfectly at 10 minutes and were a breeze to remove from the parchment. They are very soft, not overly sweet or chocolatey. The filling is a simple buttercream frosting (and I used heavy cream instead of milk - oh why not?!) and is delicious with the cakes. I used less confectioners' sugar in the filling. Bakery whoopie pies always have that predominant (and off putting) shortening-taste/mouth feel to me which these don't at all. They may not be authentic (no marshmallow creme needed) but they're just divine!
     
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  1. Oh yes, these are gourmet Whoopies indeed! I used a mix of half shortening and half butter for the cake part, and same with the filling. The cakes baked up perfectly at 10 minutes and were a breeze to remove from the parchment. They are very soft, not overly sweet or chocolatey. The filling is a simple buttercream frosting (and I used heavy cream instead of milk - oh why not?!) and is delicious with the cakes. I used less confectioners' sugar in the filling. Bakery whoopie pies always have that predominant (and off putting) shortening-taste/mouth feel to me which these don't at all. They may not be authentic (no marshmallow creme needed) but they're just divine!
     

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