Cousin Jonnie's Red Velvet Whoopee Pies

Name: Cousin Jonnie's Red Velvet Whoopee Pies
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 8 Tbsps butter (1 stick), softened; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 118 milliliters canola oil; 2 eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 5 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters milk; 28 grams red food coloring; 118 milliliters solid vegetable shortening (recommended: Crisco); 237 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon white vinegar

Cousin Jonnie's Red Velvet Whoopee Pies might be a good recipe to expand your dessert repertoire. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 274 calories. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up milk, flour, solid vegetable shortening, and a few other things to make it today. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for valentin day. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets. Sift the flour, baking soda, and cocoa together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, food coloring, and vanilla.

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Using an electric mixer, beat the sugar and eggs together in a large bowl until they turn pale and double in volume.

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Sugar

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Add the oil mixture and beat to combine.

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Cooking Oil

Add the flour mixture and buttermilk alternately in 5 small additions, starting and ending with the flour.

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Drop the batter by teaspoons onto the baking sheets, allowing 1-inch between drops, as the cookies will spread. You'll be making 48 cookies.

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Spread

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Bake until the cookies are firm but not crisp, about 8 to 10 minutes.

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Transfer immediately to racks to cool.

Put the flour into a medium saucepan and slowly add the milk, whisking until smooth. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly with a whisk, until very thick, about 3 minutes.

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Remove the flour mixture from the heat and allow it to cool completely.

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Cream the sugar, butter, shortening, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer.

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Shortening

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Cream

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Add the cooled flour mixture and whip until fluffy.

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Spread some filling onto 1 cookie and top it with another to make a sandwich. Repeat with the remaining cookies and filling. Cover the filled whoopee pies with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

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Wrap