Traditional Amish Chocolate Whoopie Pies Food

WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Mix butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.
• Drop with cookie scoop. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes. Put icing between two whoopie cookies.

OLD-FASHIONED WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Cookies
• Mix first three ingredients and beat well.
• Add milk, vanilla, and sour cream to egg mixture and beat again.
• Combine flour, cocoa, soda, and baking powder and add to moist mixture.
• Mix only until just combined and then scoop onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 400 for 8 to 10 minutes.Cool.

WHOOPIE PIES - THE REAL DEAL - LANCASTER CO. RECIPE

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
• Add vanilla.
• Add milk alternately with dry ingredients and mix well. Add additional flour if needed to achieve proper consistency. (Note that the batter will also thicken as it stands, so you may wish to let it stand 15-30 minutes before baking. I usually turn my oven on at this point & let batter "rest" until the ovens are hot.).
• Drop onto greased (or sprayed) cookie sheets.
• Bake@ 350 for 8 minutes.
• Cool completely, then place one cookie upside down and coat with filling.
• Top with another cookie.
• Wrap in plastic wrap. Serve anytime! These also freeze really well!
• FILLING: Beat egg whites until stiff (if you're using whites).
• Add vanilla, flour and milk & beat well.
• Add shortening and sugar.
• Whip on high speed for 3-5 minutes.

OLD-FASHIONED WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine cocoa and water. Cool for 5 minutes. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and cocoa mixture. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition , To form each cookie, drop 2 tablespoons 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until firm to the touch, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For filling, in a small saucepan, combine flour and salt. Gradually whisk in milk until smooth; cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened, 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and refrigerate until completely cool. , In a small bowl, cream the shortening, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add milk mixture; beat until fluffy, about 7 minutes. Spread filling on half the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Store in the refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Lightly coat cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whoopie Pies: In a mixing bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. Add eggs and beat well. In separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
• Gradually beat flour mixture into sugar mixture. Add milk and mix together well.
• With lightly lightly floured hands, roll dough into 1 1/2" balls. Place balls 2" apart onto cookie sheets lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Flatten balls slightly with bottom of lightly greased flat-bottom glass.
• Bake at 425 for 5-6 minutes or until tops are cracked. Cool for 3 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
• Filling: In a mixing bowl, beat together butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in milk and extract until fluffy.
• Pipe filling using pastry bag (or spread w/ knife) on to flat bottom of cooled whoopie pie and top with another whoopie pie to make a sandwich.