World's Best Maine Whoopie Pies - Ayuh

Name: World's Best Maine Whoopie Pies - Ayuh
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 25
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking soda; 227 grams butter at room temperature; 2 eggs; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 397 grams marshmallow creme; 244 milliliters milk; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hersheys®); 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 205 grams vegetable shortening; 400 grams white sugar

World's Best Maine Whoopie Pies - Ayuh takes about 1 hour from beginning to end. This recipe serves 25. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 263 calories, 1g of protein, and 16g of fat. A couple people really liked this dessert. If you have cocoa powder, milk, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Whoopie Pies (It's a Maine Thing), Pumpkin-Maple Whoopie Pies and Maine Part 2, and The World-Famous Maine Lobster Roll are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Cut and set aside 25 pieces of plastic wrap about 5 inches square.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

For cookies, beat 1/2 cup of vegetable shortening, 2 cups of milk, 2 cups of sugar, the eggs, and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl until smooth and creamy. In a separate bowl, whisk the 4 cups of flour with both amounts of unsweetened cocoa, baking soda, and salt until thoroughly combined. Beat the flour mixture into the wet ingredients just until smooth.

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Vegetable Shortening

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

Vanilla Extract

Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Scoop up the batter by teaspoons, and drop onto ungreased baking sheets in small round dollops about 2 inches apart. Recipe should make about 50 cookies. The cookies will rise and expand a lot.

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Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are set in the middle, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow to cool on baking sheets for several minutes before removing to finish cooling on racks.

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To make the filling, place 1 cup milk in a microwave-safe measuring cup, and cook in microwave until hot but not simmering, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Milk

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Pour the heated milk into a large mixing bowl.

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Milk

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Add the cup of room temperature butter, 1 cup of vegetable shortening, 2 cups of sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, and the marshmallow creme. Beat the mixture on high speed until the frosting is fluffy, 5 to 10 minutes. At first the frosting will appear lumpy, but keep beating.

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Vegetable Shortening

Marshmallow Cream

Vanilla Extract

Frosting

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

To fill the cookies, choose 2 cookies that are about the same size, and spread about 1 1/2 tablespoon of the frosting onto the flat bottom of a cookie. Top with the other cookie, flat side down, and wrap the filled cookie in a sheet of plastic wrap.

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Frosting

Spread

Wrap

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Place the filled cookie into the freezer. Repeat with remaining cookies and frosting, wrapping each whoopie pie in plastic wrap and freezing.

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Frosting

Wrap

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To serve, remove whoopie pies from the freezer and allow to thaw until very cold but not frozen, 10 to 15 minutes.

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Servings:

1Tbsp

baking soda 227grams

butter at room temperature 2

eggs 2Tbsps

all-purpose flour 397grams

marshmallow creme 244milliliters

milk 2teaspoons

salt 2Tbsps

unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®)2teaspoons

vanilla extract 205grams

vegetable shortening 400grams

white sugar

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port Wine, Moscato Dasti

Whoopie Pie works really well with Cream Sherry, Port Wine, and Moscato d'Asti. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.

NV Solera Cream Sherry

The Solera Cream Sherry has a brilliant amber and deep copper hue. With butterscotch and pecan aromas, the sweet salted nut and brown spice aromas carry a complex caramel accent. A sweet entry leads to a rounded, lush, moderately full-bodied palate with a lengthy, flavorful finish.