I have never had a whoopie pie... until last night. Can you say mmm...mmm...good? Oh boy, they are good. And they are NOT made with shortening. No way. Ick. Instead, I found this recipe from the NY Times and I made them last night. I'd say anyone could make these. They are a bit time consuming as you must plan to take the butter out and make sure you have buttermilk, but then everything is put in the trusty stand mixer and off you go! Oh, and you have to use a double boiler, too. But then it's a breeze! Really. You must try this recipe. Delicious!
After mixing the ingredients here they are on the baking sheets. I used a small (less than a 1/4 cup) ice cream scoop (I have no idea what # it is, I just know I have a large and a small and I used the small one). The recipe says to use a large scoop to make regular sized pies but I decided that we really didn't need to eat such large pies so I made the executive decision to make them smaller. (I'm so bossy!) That little blob on the bottom baking sheet was for me to "taste test" when they were cool :)
And here they are all done! The recipe made 12 small pies. Just the right size, a couple of bites each. Perfect!
And the little blob I baked to taste test? It was good.
Herewith, the recipe link:
