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Whoopie Pies

Soft little chocolate cakes sandwiched around a fluffy, old-fashioned cooked-flour vanilla filling.

Prep
30 min
Cook
36 min
Rest
30 min
Total
1 hr 36 min
Serves
36
Calories Est.
~200
Makes
About 3 dozen whoopie pies
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Directions

8 steps

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  1. Cream the sugar

    Cream the sugar, shortening, and eggs together.

  2. Add the dry ingredients

    Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa, then blend them into the creamed mixture.

  3. Finish the batter

    Mix in the sour milk, vanilla, and boiling water until smooth.

  4. Bake

    Drop the batter by the teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 450°F for 10–12 minutes. Let them cool completely.

  5. Cook the filling paste

    Whisk the flour and milk in a small saucepan and cook, stirring, until it’s as thick as pudding. Let it cool completely.

  6. Make the cream

    Cream the confectioners’ sugar, salt, vanilla, margarine or butter, and shortening.

  7. Combine the filling

    Beat the cooled paste into the cream 1 teaspoon at a time, beating well after each addition, until light and fluffy.

  8. Assemble

    Spread filling on the flat side of one cake and top with a second.

Whoopie Pies