Prep Time:
30 Min
Cook Time:
10-12 Min
Yields:
33 Mini-Pies
Ingredients
For Whoopie Pie Dough:
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 1 ¼ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ½ cup flour
- ½ cup cocoa
- 1 ¼ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. cream of tarter
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
For Whoopie Pie Filling:
- 2 lbs confectioners sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup Marshmallow Fluff (Marshmallow Cream doesn’t work as well)
- 1 cup shortening
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ½ cup milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt in a bowl until combined. Stir together milk and vanilla in a small bowl.
- Beat together shortening and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes in a standing mixer or 5 minutes with a handheld.
- Add egg, beating until combined well.
- Reduce speed to low and alternately mix in flour mixture and milk in batches, beginning and ending with flour, scraping down side of bowl occasionally, and mixing until smooth. Do not over mix.
- For mini-pies use a small (1 inch) scoop of batter about 1 inch apart onto 2 large baking sheets covered with parchment paper. Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until tops are puffed and cakes spring back when touched, 11 to 13 minutes.
- Transfer with a metal spatula to a rack to cool completely.
For Filling:
- Beat ingredients together with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Taste halfway through, adding more vanilla if necessary.
*Recipe courtesy of Carolyn Kingston