Whoopie Pies

Name: Whoopie Pies
Prep time: 1 h 32 min
Cook time: 1 h 32 min
Total time: 1 h 32 min
Yield: 25
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons almond extract; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 Tbsp baking soda; 220 grams packed brown sugar; 480 milliliters buttermilk; 600 grams confectioners sugar; 454 grams blocks cream cheese, at room temperature; 2 eggs; 406 grams all-purpose flour; 150 grams granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons fine sea salt; 2 teaspoons fine sea salt; 175 milliliters semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature; 3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature; 151 grams unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch processed); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

The recipe Whoopie Pies can be made in about 1 hour and 32 minutes. This recipe makes 25 servings with 541 calories, 6g of protein, and 29g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Foodnetwork requires semisweet chocolate, brown sugar, vanillan extract, and sea salt. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Whoopie Pies, Chocolate Whoopie Pies, and Fruit Loop Whoopie Pies.

Instructions

Cook's Note: Make sure all of your ingredients are at room temperature.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt together onto parchment paper. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 4 or 5 minutes.

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Baking Soda

Butter

Cocoa Powder

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Baking Paper

Hand Mixer

Add your eggs, 1 at a time, mixing until completely incorporated before adding the other egg.

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Egg

Mix in the chocolate and vanilla, making sure to combine really well. Turn the mixer to low and slowly add the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk, in 3 batches, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Make sure to let it mix thoroughly.

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Buttermilk

Chocolate

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

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Blender

Heap the batter onto the baking sheets with a 1-ounce ice cream scoop.

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Ice Cream

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Ice Cream Scoop

Baking Sheet

Bake until the tops crack, 12 to 15 minutes or so. Cool on a rack. Repeat with the remaining batter.

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Oven

Spread 2 heaping tablespoons of Cream Cheese Filling onto half of the cakes. Sandwich together with the other cake halves. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator for up to a week, and allow to come to room temperature 1 hour before serving.

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Cream Cheese

Spread

Cream the cream cheese, butter, salt and almond extract in a mixer on low speed with the whisk attachment. Slowly add the confectioners' sugar and mix until smooth. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl when necessary.;

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Powdered Sugar