If you’re planning on making any pumpkin desserts this fall, make these whoopie pies. They taste like a pumpkin roll but are easier to make, plus I love that they’re single serving — no cutting or even plates or forks required! If you follow the recipe and use tablespoons of batter, you’ll get about two dozen medium-sized (3-inch diameter) whoopie pies. If you want them bite-sized, use a heaping teaspoon of batter, and decrease the baking time a minute or two.
*This recipe was clipped out of a newspaper, so, unfortunately, I don’t know its original source. If you think you know where it’s from, please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due!
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Icing
2014-11-09 13:30:40
Yields 24
Ingredients
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
For the Icing
- 1 stick of butter, softened
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, stir together the brown sugar, oil, pumpkin, vanilla, and eggs.
- Add in the flour, salt, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, baking soda, and baking powder.
- Stir together until smooth.
- Drop tablespoons of batter onto lightly greased baking sheets, and bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove cookies from baking sheets, and place on a cooling rack.
- Let cool thoroughly before icing.
- Store in refrigerator.
For the Icing
- Beat together the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla.
- With the mixer on low, add in confectioners sugar 1 cup at a time.
- Increase mixer speed, and beat until smooth.
- Spread between two cookies, and press together like a sandwich.
Notes
- Wrap whoopie pies individually with plastic wrap to prevent them from sticking to each other.
- For mini whoopie pies, use a teaspoon rather than a tablespoon of batter, and decrease baking time by 1-2 minutes.
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