Whoopie Pies The Real Deal Lancaster Co Food

WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Combine milk and vanilla in measuring cup.
• Add dry ingredients in alternation with milk mixture, mixing well after each addition Drop tablespoons of batter onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 until puffed and firm to the touch, about 10-12 minutes.
• Do not overbake.
• Cream together butter, vanilla, salt, and confectioner's sugar for filling.
• Add just enough milk to make a spreadable consistency.
• Sandwich a generous amount of filling between two cake halves.

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.

5-STAR WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Cookie: Sift flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cocoa into bowl. Add all other ingredients and mix well. Drop by teaspoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 425 for about 7 minutes.
• Filling: Beat together and fill as desired.

PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES - WOWZERS!!

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugars, egg, peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.
• Mix the flour, baking soda and salt, then add to mixture and mix well.
• Cover dough & refrigerate at least one hour.
• Remove from refrigerator and roll into small walnut-sized balls.
• Place balls into greased miniature muffin pans.
• Bake at 350° for 8-9 minutes.
• Remove from the oven; press a peanut butter cup into center of each cookie.
• Let cool before removing from pan.
• VARIATION: Place balls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Press 1 Hershey's kiss into the center of the unbaked cookie dough.
• Bake at 350° for 10 minutes--candy won't melt.
• Let cookies cool slightly before removing from the cookie sheets.

1950'S WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• cream 2/3 cup crisco and 1 1/4 cup sugar and 2 eggs. beat to light and fluffy.
• sift togeather 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup hershey cocoa, 1 1/4 tea.baking soda, 1/4 tea.cream tartar.
• mix 1 1/4 tea. vanilla and 1/4 tea almond into 1 cup milk. add dry ingredients to creamed mix alternatly with milk.
• drop by 1 tablespoon on greased cookie sheet. approximately the same size. 375* oven bake 10-12 minute cool and fill.
• Steps:.
• 1. filling:. stirring constantly 3 tablespoons flour and. 3/4 cup milk until very thick. cool to cold. then beat in 3/4 cup crisco,solid white and it must be crisco,1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. beat to light and fluffy. sandwich your whoopies with filling and eat.

AMISH SUGAR COOKIES, LANCASTER COUNTY - THE REAL DEAL!

Steps:

• Mix oil& sugar.
• Add beaten eggs& mix well.
• Mix together dry ingredients, then add to above mixture alternately with evaporated milk.
• Add vanilla.
• Drop onto cookie sheets, and sprinkle w/ crumb mixture.
• Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.
• THESE SEEM TO HAVE THE BEST TEXTURE WHEN STIRRED (MIXED) BY HAND (WHISK), VERSUS AN ELECTRIC MIXER.