Chocolate Whoopie Pies

This recipe makes a Whoopie Pie that is light equally air in addition to real tender. I similar to roll them individually (after they are completely cool) which makes them perfect for luncheon boxes. They are too real pop at potlucks in addition to bake sales.

 

Preheat oven to 450° in addition to spray cookie sheets amongst cooking spray

WHOOPIE PIE COOKIES

2 cups sugar
1/2 loving cup shortening (no substitutions)
2 eggs
1 loving cup sour milk (*see banknote below)
1 loving cup BOILING water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 loving cup unsweetened bakers cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups all work flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda

*NOTE: To larn sour milk,  put 1 teaspoon of lemon juice inwards a loving cup in addition to thence fill upwardly it upwardly amongst milk; allow it represent five minutes.

DIRECTIONS
Beat the eggs, shortening (I work butter flavored Crisco) and saccharide inwards a large bowl until real smooth, scraping sides.

In a divide bowl, mix sour milk, boiling water, salt, cocoa in addition to vanilla. Stir till smooth.

In some other bowl, mix the flour, baking pulverization in addition to baking soda.

PUT information technology ALL TOGETHER

Mix the cocoa-liquid mixture into the creamed butter in addition to saccharide mixture. Mix well.  Gradually add together the flour mixture in addition to trounce until smooth.   Let batter sit down for five minutes.

BAKE

Drop batter (about 2 tablespoons per cookie) onto greased cookie canvas in addition to bake at 450° for five to vii minutes. NOTE: My electrical oven takes five minutes (don't over bake because at this high temperature, the cookies volition can quickly).

Cool cookies on a wrack.  When they are completely cool, position ii cookies together amongst filling.

 

FILLING

1 cup  UNSALTED butter at room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
(1) vii ounce container of marshmallow fluff

Cream the room temperature butter until fluffy (takes close three minutes on high speed).

Add the powdered sugar, i loving cup at a time, beating good inwards betwixt each addition.

Add the marshmallow fluff in addition to vanilla in addition to whip on high until good mixed.

ASSEMBLY
Add a prissy thick layer of filling inwards betwixt ii cookies. If they aren't going to live eaten immediately, roll them inwards plastic wrap. Recipe makes 24 pies.