Whoopie Pies...Mmmmmmm

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stacy270

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When my pal Venie visited from Canada I discovered she didn't know what a whoopie pie was( oh the horror!). I remedied that situation right quick.When I saw this recipe this morning it got me to wondering how many other people have never had/heard of a whoopie pie.I will be trying this recipe.When I was a kid there was only one type if whoopie pie( chocolate with white filling). Sharing in case anyone wants to make me,I mean make some.....

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP WHOOPIE PIES( recipe from Downeast magazine)


2 egg yolks

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup oil

1 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ginger

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups pumpkin

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups flour

1 cup (approx.) milk chocolate chips

Mix well. Use a large spoon to drop on cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8–10 minutes (maybe longer depending on the size you make them — test them to make sure they are baked through).

Filling:
This is the BEST filling – if you don’t make the pumpkin whoopies, I suggest you use this filling for all your whoopie recipes!

3/4 cup butter

1 1/3 cups confectioners sugar

1/2 tub FLUFF (marshmallow)

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1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Mix well. An electric mixer works best.

Fill whoopies once they have completely cooled. ENJOY!

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stacy270 Did you have a chance to visit the Whoopie Pie Cafe when you were in Bangor? I don't remember exactly how many different varieties they have but has to be over 20 and the pumpkin chocolate chip (but with cream cheese filling--like what is used with carrot cake) is currently on their menu.
 
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Whoopie Pie? Heck, yeah!
I'm from Pennsylvania and, as far as I know and local lore insists, Whoopie Pies are Pennsylvania Dutch original.
(see my avatar? it is a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign, my favorite ... the Single Distelfink.
The Distelfink is the good luck bird of the PA dutch. A single Distelfink represents good luck and happiness and the heart and tulip adds a measure of love and faith.)
Anyhoo, here is an Amish recipe for the wonderful Whoopie Pie and a link to website regaling the Whoopie Pie. We even have a Festival dedicated to the Whoopie Pie :)
PA Dutch Whoopie Pie Recipe
Make this Lancaster County favorite no matter where you live!
Whoopie Pies Cake Ingredients
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 cup cocoa
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of shortening
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons of vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1 cup of warm water
Preparing the Cakes
In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, cocoa, and baking soda. Mix and set aside. In another bowl, combine the sugar, shortening and eggs. Beat for about two minutes. Mix the dry ingredients with the egg mixture and add the warm water and milk and beat at a medium speed for two to three minutes. Add the vanilla and beat until the ingredients are thoroughly blended. Bake the batter as drop cookies. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased non-stick cookie sheets. Bake in a preheated oven at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until the center of the "cookies" spring back when lightly pressed. Remove from the cookie sheets and cool a wire rack.

Filling Ingredients

  • 4 T. flour
  • 4 T. milk
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1-1/2 cups vegetable shortening
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 cups confectioner's sugar
Preparing the Filling
Beat the egg whites until stiff then set them aside. Combine the other ingredients and beat vigorously for several minutes at a high speed. Fold in the beaten egg whites.

Whoopie Pie Assembly
Spread a generous amount of filling on a completely cooled cookie and then top with another cookie. To preserve your newly created treat, wrap each whoopie pie individually in plastic wrap.
:chew::chew::chew::chew::chew:
 
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DiO'Bolic

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80sFan said:
Those look good (I hate pumpkin flavored anything, so the first recipe didn't appeal toe at all).
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I agree! Pumpkin has become a pox on human existence this time of the year. What is the romantic appeal to pumpkin? Over the weekend my lovely wife wanted me to pick up 4 pumpkins. I said I would head down to the local grocery store and pick them up. OH THE HORRORS! NO WAY! They had to come from a local farm. I asked her where do you think the grocery store gets them from? But there is no rational when it comes to the seasonal pumpkin ritual, I’ve discovered. So I drive out to the countryside farm Saturday morning and grab 4 nicely shaped pumpkins they had setting by stand (I hope the wife doesn't visit the SKMB). I demanded a receipt for my purchase to prove where I got them.

I was not about to do what my daughter and her friend did last year, which was stand in their line for 15 minutes at the farm, in order to hop on a cart filled with hay bales, pulled by a tractor, and be driven up to the pumpkin fields. Dropped off with bags to wander through the many pumpkin patches looking for the perfect pumpkins. (I swear, only white people would be crazy enough to pay someone extra, in order to do the work of picking their own vegetables.) Then stand and wait for the tractor to come around and take you back, stand in line again, so you can weigh and pay. Last year my 13 year-old-daughter made us trudge to farthest part of the fields from where the tractor dropped us off, and they both picked the biggest pumpkins they could find (probably 30 pounds each). I told them they were crazy and they had to carry them back themselves, as there was no way I was going to carry them. It took us over a half an hour to get back to the drop off spot because the had to stop and rest every 50 feet or so. And they accused me of child abuse at the end for not helping them carry their monstrosities.

So Saturday afternoon the ritual of gutting and carving commenced (I mowed the lawn). The cleaning of the pumpkin guts and drying of the seeds took them all evening before the annual roasting of the pumpkin seeds could commence. At 10 pm I had to run to another town (where the 24 hour grocery store was located) in order to get a new bottle of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce, because nothing but the best would suffice. By 2 am Sunday morning the process was finally complete. 12 hours of work to get 6 cups of seeds... What is wrong with this picture? Sunday afternoon the 27 different tools came out to begin the carving of the pumpkins. I, instead, watched the Jets play with Scotch & soda in hand... None of that pumpkin alcohol or beer was to be found... Thank god.
 
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summer_sky said:
OK, Ms. Mod!
Now, that you have tasted a Maine Whoopie Pie and made room in your belly,
try the scrumptious PA Whoopie Pies :D
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No thanks for either PA or ME traditional whoopie pies. Way too much chocolate for my taste. I'd have to be having a serious case of carb craving and no other flavors to choose from to go for one of those. :smile2:
 
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