Pumpkin Whoopie Pies With Cream Cheese Filling

Name: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies With Cream Cheese Filling
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 -8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1/2 cup stick butter, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 3/4 cups flour; 4 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 1/4 cups butter, room temperature; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3 tablespoons dark molasses, robust flavor; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 4 large eggs; 1 1/4 cups canned pumpkin puree; 1/2 cup buttermilk

Submitted by grandma2969

"came from a Bon Appetit magazine..October 2005 this makes about 24"

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 18
Serves:: 24

ingredients

FILLING
2 -8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
¹⁄₂ cup stick butter, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
COOKIES
2 ³⁄₄ cups flour
4 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground cloves
1 ¹⁄₄ cups butter, room temperature
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
3 tablespoons dark molasses, robust flavor
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1 ¹⁄₄ cups canned pumpkin puree
¹⁄₂ cup buttermilk

directions

to prepare FILLING:.
preheat oven to 325*.whisk first 8 ingredients in medium bowl, using electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, molasses and vanilla in a large bowl -- to blend -- add eggs one at a time, beating till well blended after each addition -- beat in pumpkin. Beat in dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternately with buttermilk in 2 additiona, beating just until combined.
Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper -- drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto prepared pans about 2" apart.
bake cookie sheets one at a time until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean -- about 13 minutes.cool cookies on sheets -- repeat with remaining dough --
spread 2 tbls filling on flat side of cookie.top with second cookie, forming sandwich -- .

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Reviews

These are GREAT! Make sure to leave some room on the cookie sheets as they melt and spread. They were a bit flatter than I was expecting, but still really delicious!! A keeper!

Dvbaker

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grandma2969

I love cooking, and reading Christian fiction..I have 5 grandchildren..4 boys and 1 spoiled granddaughter...I also have a black cocker spaniel named Tobey..who is very spoiled..Love computer games, cross stitch and reading cookbooks..I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia almost a year ago, on September 26, 2005....was in an out of the hospital for 8 months, doing intensive chemo...I am doing well now, thanks for all the prayers...

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