Whoopie Recipe ∞ Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

A delicious pumpkin cookie that can be eaten single or filled with whoopie pie filling to make it even better.

Ingredients

• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 ½ cups solid pack pumpkin puree
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
• ½ tablespoon ground ginger
• ½ tablespoon ground cloves
• 1 egg white
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• ¾ cup shortening

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
2. Combine the oil and brown sugar. Mix in the pumpkin and eggs, beating well. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Mix well.
3. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool then make sandwiches from two cookies filled with Whoopie Pie Filling.
4. To Make Whoopie Pie Filling: Beat egg white and mix with the milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup of the confectioners' sugar. Mix well then beat in the shortening and the remaining cup of confectioners' sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.

Nutrition Facts

• calories424.8
• carbohydrateContent55.8 g
• cholesterolContent20.8 mg
• fatContent21.7 g
• fiberContent1.5 g
• proteinContent3.4 g
• saturatedFatContent4 g
• sodiumContent294.9 mg
• sugarContent37.7 g