Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Shawna G.

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: about 18

Ingredients:

• Cookies
• 1 1/2 cup solid pack pumpkin
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• Filling
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup warm whole milk

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
3. Cream the butter with the sugar. Beat in the pumpkin, egg, and vanilla.
4. Stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon into the pumpkin mixture. Blend until combined.
5. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
6. While cookies cool completely, prepare filling.

 
7. Combine the filling ingredients and mix until smooth and creamy. This will take about 5 minutes.

 
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8. Spread a glob of cream onto the flat side of a cookie and top with a similarly sized second cookie.

 

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