Treinen Farm Favorite Recipe -- Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

TREINEN FARM PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIES (If you aren’t sure what a Whoopie Pie is, you definitely need to try this recipe)

We would make this all the time in the fall if we had any time to cook…

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 3 large egg yolks
• 2 1/2 cups pureed pumpkin , canned or fresh
• 1 tsp vanilla

FILLING:

• 3/4 stick butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg white
• 1 TBS milk

 

 Simple Instructions (if you need more in-depth how-to, ask your mother or someone who knows how to cook…)

1. Mix the brown sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla and pumpkin together.
2. Mix all the other stuff together separately, then combine with the above.
3. Don’t mix too much or they’ll be tough (who knows why? not me.)
4. Drop by tablespoons onto cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 10 minutes.
5. FILLING: Mix all the ingredients together, whipping it up until everything stops separating and looks fluffy.
6. When the cookies are cool, put filling in between two so they are like Oreos.
7. Eat all of them, or at least until you feel sick (that’s what I’ve always done…)

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