Pumpkin-Pecan Whoopie Pies
From sparow64 16 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 15
From the Rock N Roll Diners Cookbook. Recipe from the A-1 Diner inGardiner Maine. Made these a couple of years ago at Thanksgiving, and they were a big hit. Whoopie Pies were originally made from leftover cake batter for Pennsylvania Dutch Children (according to recipe) Enjoy
Ingredients
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- 2 1/2 c All Ppurpose flour shopping list
- 1 t ground cinnamon shopping list
- 2 t ground ginger shopping list
- 1/2 t ground mace shopping list
- 1 t salt shopping list
- 1 t baking powder shopping list
- 1 t baking soda shopping list
- 2 sticks butter, room temp shopping list
- 2 c packed brown sugar shopping list
- 3 large egg yolks (reserve 1 egg white) shopping list
- 2 c canned pumpking shopping list
- 3/4 c finely chopped pecans shopping list
- FILLING shopping list
- 1 1/2 sticks butter, room temp shopping list
- 3 c powdered sugar shopping list
- 2 t vanilla shopping list
- 1 egg white shopping list
- 1 pinche each: ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground mace shopping list
How to make it
- COOKIES
- Preheat oven to 350
- Grease 2 baking sheets
- In small bowl, stir together flour,cinnamon, ginger, mance, salt, baking powder and baking soda, set aside
- In the bolw of an elelctric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar
- Add egg yolks one at a time, mixing well after each addition
- Sitr in pumpkin and pecans
- Mix well
- Add flour mixture, stir until just combined, do not overmix
- Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls on to greased baking sheets, leaving 3 inches between each
- When baking sheets are full, smack them on the table to slightly flatten cookies
- Bake 11-12 minutes, until lightly browned
- Let cool completely on wire rack
- FILLING
- Cream butter until fluffy and pale with elelctric mixer
- Add powdered sugar and mix until incorporated
- Mix in remaining ingredients
- Beat until smooth
- Spread filling on half of the cookies
- Top with remianing cookies
- Makes 12-15
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
I do love a good whoopie pie, got my 5
bobbyc0117
in Canfield loved it
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Great time for pumpkin and a great recipe!
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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