1950's Whoopie Pies

Submitted by Chef #249610

"my family recipes go back to before calories. in 1970 i had 2 friends that had a small bakery in one of our famous seaside village's. top sellar was my mom's whoopie pie recipe."

 

• Ready In: 27mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 24 cookies
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup Crisco
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• solid white Crisco
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup hershey cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons vanilla
• 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup milk

• filling

• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 3⁄4 cup solid white Crisco, must be crisco
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. cream 2/3 cup crisco and 1 1/4 cup sugar and 2 eggs. beat to light and fluffy.
2. sift togeather 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup hershey cocoa, 1 1/4 tea.baking soda, 1/4 tea.cream tartar.
3. mix 1 1/4 tea. vanilla and 1/4 tea almond into 1 cup milk. add dry ingredients to creamed mix alternatly with milk.
4. drop by 1 tablespoon on greased cookie sheet. approximately the same size. 375* oven bake 10-12 minute cool and fill.

5. Steps:

6. 1. filling:. stirring constantly 3 tablespoons flour and. 3/4 cup milk until very thick. cool to cold. then beat in 3/4 cup crisco,solid white and it must be crisco,1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. beat to light and fluffy. sandwich your whoopies with filling and eat.