I just love the fall season...the cool, crisp weather..leaves changing and falling...back to school..holidays just around the corner. And nothing says welcome to fall quite like comforting pumpkin whoopie pies. I love all things pumpkin flavored and these whoopie pies are simply devine! (Recipe from Allrecipes.com)
_________________________________Ingredients:
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups solid pack pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cloves
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 cup shortening
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
2. Combine the oil and brown sugar.
Mix in the pumpkin and eggs, beating well. Add the flour, salt, baking
powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.
Mix well.
3. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons
onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool then make sandwiches from two
cookies filled with Whoopie Pie Filling.
4. To Make Whoopie Pie Filling:
Beat egg white and mix with the milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup of
the confectioners' sugar. Mix well then beat in the shortening and the
remaining cup of confectioners' sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.
