Chocolate Whoopie Pies

Name: Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 7-8 Whoopie Pies, 7-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup vegetable shortening; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 egg; 1/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup milk; 1 cup vegetable shortening; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 1/3 cups marshmallow creme; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon table salt, dissolved in; 1 tablespoon water

Submitted by dogsandwoods

"This is from the Toledo Blade 12/30/08 story about marshmallow. They credit the King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion. This uses #346464 Marshmallow Fluff or you can use store purchased marshmallow creme. I couldn't get 'zaar to reference my other recipe. My apologies to Chef # 1099471 for not posting this recipe sooner. Please note that the cocoa is 1/4 c + 2T, but I couldn't get it to make sense on one Recipezaar line!"

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 17
Yields:: 7-8 Whoopie Pies
Serves:: 7-8

ingredients

For the Cookies
¹⁄₂ cup vegetable shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
¹⁄₄ cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
For the Filling
1 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 ¹⁄₃ cups marshmallow creme
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons vanilla extract
¹⁄₄ teaspoon table salt, dissolved in
1 tablespoon water

directions

Preheat oven to 350°F
Lightly grease or parchment line two baking sheets.
To Make cookies:.
Cream together shortening, brown sugar, egg in a large bowl.
Whisk together cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in another bowl.
In a third bowl, mix vanilla and milk.
Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk mixture to the shortening mixture, beating until smooth.
Drop stiff batter by the 1/4 cupful onto prepared sheets, about 2 inches apart.
Bake cookies for 15 minutes, until they are firm to the touch.
Cool completely on cooling racks.
To make filling:.
Beat all of the ingredients together in a medium bowl.
Assemble by spreading about 1/4 c filling on half of the cookies and top with the remaining cookies.