WHOOPIE PIES - the REAL deal - Lancaster Co. recipe

I added an extra cup of flour as the dough was very thin and I was afraid I would have frisbee sized cookies. I used a cup of marshmallow cream in lieu of the egg whites in the filling. I also recommend letting the dough sit for about 30 minutes before baking as it makes cookies "puffier." I love this recipe!

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These are the REAL Amish whoopie. Maybe Maine whoopies have the light marshmallow filling and cake-like cookie. Not these. My mother has been searching to replicate the Amish whoopies from the Syracuse, NY Farmer's Market for years now and tomorrow she will be receiving a "tower of whoopie" for her birthday cake thanks to this recipe of perfection. Dense filling and dark, almost shiny "cookie" are the markers of the great Amish whoopie.

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These were really good. I used a heap of dough on a big table spoon and they came out pretty big. My cookies were less flat and more plump on a dark, cool cookie sheet. They took 10 minutes in my oven, I used the toothpick test. For the cookie I used half shortening, half oil. I would probably try half butter half shortening next time to see if they puff more. For the cream I used a big dollop of whipping cream instead of the egg, and once it was chilled I piped it from a zip bag with the corner snipped. I kept the finished product wrapped individually in the fridge.

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These were pretty great! I was a little disappointed in how flat they were at first. I like them more puffy, so I added about 3/4 cup more flour and 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Then I added about 1/4 cup of cocoa and 1/4 cup of brown sugar to counteract the flour taste. I also used shortening instead of oil in the cookies. They came out perfectly delicious and were nice and plump after that! I really enjoyed the filling as well. I had whoopie pies all of the time growing up next door to the amish and this recipe has been the closest in taste that I have found so far! Thanks for the recipe! It's a keeper for sure!!! Yum!

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Great! Cannot believe how much of a ringer for the real deal they are. I used canola oil and it worked great. I found that the batter thickened as it sat and the last few I baked had much greater height to each cookie. I will probably let batter sit for at least 1/2 hour to 1 hour prior to baking next time. That may be different if using shortening for batter, I'm not sure. Thanks for a great recipe!

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Just made these and they came out great. I used special dark coca powder, cake flower and butter flavor crisco for the cookies. Came out yummy. For the filling I used another reviewers suggestion and used whipping cream instead of egg whites. Best filling ever.

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Excellent recipe. I love the filling - used dried egg whites as suggested by some and this turned out fantastic. Definitely let the dough sit a few minutes - it will thicken nicely. I'll definitely make these again. Very easy also!

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I used a different filling, but the cookie parts turned out amazing despite the tweaks: I ran out of eggs beforehand, so I used two T ground flaxseed and 1/2 c pumpkin puree (also, used Crisco for the shortening). I then ran out of time, so I stuck the batter in the 'fridge for two hours.
They puffed nicely and are delicious!
Thanks so much for the recipe!

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My husband is from south Jersey and has been to Amish country many times just for whoopie pies. I've had this recipe for several years and we just now made them today..what were we thinking waiting so long?! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! We used shortening instead of oil, and they were perfect. Thank you so much for sharing!!!

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These are the most incredible things ever!!! They're like oreo cakesters,sort of.lol I've made them JUMBO and small.They always bake up perfectly, so now they're my trademark recipe.:) Thanks WJKing!!!

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WOW, these ARE the real deal! OMG! I used Wicked Whoopie Pies for the filling, because I wanted to use marshmellow fluff as an ingredient. Oh, I also used all shortening, rather than oil in the batter. You should update that! It made the most fluffy moist cake. Oh Man Oh Man Oh Man... so bad for me but oh so yummy!!

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Excellent!! I followed the recipe exactly as printed, using canola oil for the cookies. At first I thought it was a mistake, that I should have used shortening, but the batter thickened up nicely after a few minutes. These are the REAL deal!!!

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I can truly only comment on the first part of the recipe, because I used a different filling. I must admit I was skeptical about brown sugar instead of white sugar in the ingredients, but I decided to go for it. My only confusion was the recipe calls for oil, then says to cream the shortening with sugar and eggs. I actually decided to use half shortening and half real butter. The taste is phenominal, it is truly dead on. But for the puffiness, next time I will use only shortening and hopefully they will rise perfectly. Thanks for sharing the REAL PA recipe with us!

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This is almost identical to my aunt's recipe. Wonderful treat that you know the ingredients of so you don't have to worry and a wonderful memory

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