Whoopie Pie, anyone??

[MrsReber]

DH and I took the kids out to Amish country last weekend. I got a little cookbook with lots of great sounding recipes. Upon reading it, I realized that the directions were not so clear. There are recipes for Whoopie Pies. They sure sound good, but the directions don't exactly say how to make them.

I'm imagining they're 2 cookies with a filling inside (oreo- like?) Is this right? I want to try some of the recipes.

Traveling is so much fun when I can bring back cookbooks and try "local" recipes.

[HejazSunKat]

Are you tellin' me you've never had a Whoopie Pie?! :eek: :D

This is my SIL Jackie's recipe which is sinfully good. You can feel your thighs swelling as you eat them. Maybe this will help with the method in your book?


* Exported from MasterCook *

Whoopie Pies a la Jackie

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 36 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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For Cake:
1/2 cup Vegetable shortening -- Crisco
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups Flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup Hershey's® cocoa
1 cup milk
For Filling:
1/2 cup Vegetable shortening -- Crisco
1 cup Confectioner's sugar
1 cup Marshmallow fluff -- (use a little more)
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
4 Tablespoons milk -- 4-5


Cake: Cream Crisco, add sugar gradually, beating after each addition. Add egg and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cocoa. Add to egg mixture alternately with milk. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 425 for 7 minutes. Cool on rack

For Filling: Cream Crisco, add confectioner's sugar and blend well. Add marshmallow. Add milk a little bit at a time just enough to make a fluffy mixture. Add vanilla. When cakes are cool enough, frost underside of one with filling and cover with a second cake.

Source:
"Lowell Sun"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 139 Calories; 6g Fat (41.0% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 19g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 6mg Cholesterol; 98mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.

[seeteekay]

I have a recipe for Whoopie Pies that instead of chocolate based is pumpkin based. These are one of my favorites!!

[jjsooner73]

Originally posted by MrsReber
I'm imagining they're 2 cookies with a filling inside (oreo- like?) Is this right? I want to try some of the recipes.


Yep, that's it! Except bigger, gooier, and messier. Your kids will love them!

Seeteekay, your version sounds yummy!


I have an Amish cookbook as well. DOes yours have a lot of recipes for something w/ 'haystack' or 'straw hats' in the name, listed under "Salads"?
Mine has about 100 variations of this, it seems. It's just cooked groud beef with various spices, tomatos, ketchup, etc. Then it gets the name from stacking any of the following on the plate: crushed doritas or saltines, chili or taco sauce, shredded cheese, lettues, tomatoes, ketchup, mustard, beans, hard boiled eggs, cucumbers, and salad dressing.
This must be a favorite for serving large crowds!

[JA]

I love whoopie pies...I feel my thighs swelling as I say this ;) ;)
Here's my recipe:

Whoopie Pies!!


Categories : Dessert Not light


1 egg
1/2 c shortening
1 c sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 c unsifted flour
1/2 c cocoa
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1 c buttermilk -- or sour milk
Creme filling (recipe follows)

Cream shortening and sugar in large mixing bowl. Add egg and vanilla;
beat well.

Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately
with buttermilk to creamed mixture.

Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes or until cookie springs back when lightly touched in center. Cool.

Prepare creme filling. Spread bottom of one cookie with 1 tablespoonful of filling; cover with second cookie.

Repeat with remaining cookies.



Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 173 Calories; 7g Fat (37.1% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 25g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 14mg Cholesterol; 136mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : * To sour milk, use 1 tablespoon vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.

* Exported from MasterCook *

Creme Filling


1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups marshmallow cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

Cream butter and shortening; gradually beat in marshmallow
creme.

Blend in vanilla and confectioners' sugar

beat to spreading consistency.

Description:
"for whoopie pies"
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NOTES : made with Marshmallow Fluff. Very good.

[slknight]

Originally posted by HejazSunKat
Are you tellin' me you've never had a Whoopie Pie?! :eek: :D



My thoughts exactly. :D

Susan, they're much bigger than Oreos. And the "cookie" part is fluffier and more cake-like. The corner store down the street from me sells ones with peanut-butter filling. They are so good.:)

[HUNGRY!]

seeteekay, I would be really interested in your pumkin based recipe if you're willing to share!

[Kayaksoup]

Originally posted by jjsooner73





I have an Amish cookbook as well. DOes yours have a lot of recipes for something w/ 'haystack' or 'straw hats' in the name, listed under "Salads"?
Mine has about 100 variations of this, it seems. It's just cooked groud beef with various spices, tomatos, ketchup, etc. Then it gets the name from stacking any of the following on the plate: crushed doritas or saltines, chili or taco sauce, shredded cheese, lettues, tomatoes, ketchup, mustard, beans, hard boiled eggs, cucumbers, and salad dressing.
This must be a favorite for serving large crowds!

Okay, I am not crazy. i just posted about this concept on another thread. Something I grew up with and is all the rage at our family reunions. Except it is usually vegetarian for religious reasons.

[MrsReber]

I was wondering if maybe I had a whoopie pie in the past and just didn't know what it was called? They do sound good.

The cookbook I have is a very small paperback one. They had a ton of Amish cookbooks at the store, but I'm being very selective as I'm seriously running out of cookbook space! I read through them all and liked this one the best because it had some interesting cookie recipes that might entice my children to eat carrots and zucchini.

There are a couple of variations of whoopie pies. The directions only say to mix and then bake things- not even HOW to bake them, as in "drop by spoonfuls" or "spread in a 9x13 inch pan." If someone who didn't know the basics of baking purchased this cookbook, it'd be useless to them.

Linda, the recipe you posted helps a lot.

Gooey, eh? Definitely something the kids would like :D! And if they don't like them, I'm sure I could be persuaded to eat them all. :D

[seeteekay]

Sure Hungry! Here you go...

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

2 1/4 cups of brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups of canned pumpkin
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups of flour
1 cup of Crisco
2 eggs
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp baking powder

Preheat oven to 350
With a hand mixer blend sugar, eggs, vanilla, Crisco, and pumpkin.
In another bowl combine baking soda, cloves, flour, cinnamon, ginger, and baking powder.

Begin to slowly mix in the dry ingredients into the wet mixture.

Usa a spoon to drop batter onto a greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. 2 minutes on top rack 8 minutes on bottom.

Once cookies have cooled a bit find matching cookies and put icing in the middle of 2 cookies to make a sandwich.


I just buy vanilla whipped icing to put in the middle but I am sure a lot of the creme fillings would work that are already posted.

[HUNGRY!]

Thank you, that looks awesome!

[AmyO26]

Originally posted by MrsReber
I was wondering if maybe I had a whoopie pie in the past and just didn't know what it was called?

Where I'm from (Western PA) we call them "gobs." The traditional way is the chocolate cake/cookies with fluffy white frosting in between, but peanut butter filling is great, too. I have also had pumpkin gobs and banana gobs. They are all so good! :)

[Wendy w]

Originally posted by HejazSunKat
Are you tellin' me you've never had a Whoopie Pie?! :eek: :D


:o :o :o I must live under a rock, cuz I haven't. But....as far as whoopie is concerned, I won't go there. :p ;)

[HejazSunKat]

Originally posted by MrsReber
I'm being very selective as I'm seriously running out of cookbook space!

Then it's time to move to a bigger house! :D And I think it's time for me to make some whoopie pies.