Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Name: Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 13
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 158 milliliters well-shaken buttermilk; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 227 grams cream cheese, softened; 1 large egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 28 grams red food coloring (2 tablespoons); 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 59 milliliters 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened; 3 Tbsps unsweetened (natural) cocoa powder (not Dutch process); 1 teaspoons vanilla; 59 milliliters vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar

This recipe serves 13. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 344 calories. It will be a hit at your valentin day event. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up sugar, distilled vinegar, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 5 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in upper and lower third. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

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Cocoa Powder

Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Beat butter, oil, and sugar with an electric mixer until combined well, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg, vanilla, and vinegar.

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Vanilla

Vinegar

Butter

Sugar

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

Reduce speed to low and alternately mix in flour and buttermilk in batches, beginning and ending with the flour until combined.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Add the red food coloring and mix on low speed until thoroughly combined.

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Red Food Color

Spoon 2 tablespoon mounds of batter 2-inches apart on lined baking sheets.

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Mounds Bar

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Baking Sheet

Bake, switching positions of baking sheets halfway through baking, until rounds are puffed and set, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Slide parchment with rounds onto wire racks to cool completely.

Beat together cream cheese, butter, lemon juice, vanilla, salt, and sugar until creamy, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Cream Cheese

Lemon Juice

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

Salt

Spread about 2 tablespoons of filling on flat-side of half the rounds; top with remaining rounds, flat side down, to form whoopie pies.

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Spread

•To get perfectly round whoopie pies, use a 2 tablespoon ice cream scoop with the cake batter.•Store whoopie pies, chilled, in an airtight container, the layers separated between sheets of parchment paper, for up to 3 days. Bring to room temperature before serving.

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Ice Cream