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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling
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These are pumpkin flavored cake-like cookies filled with fluffy cream cheese whoopie pie filling.
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Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
other time1 hour
Prep Time1 hour 21 minutes
servings30 Pies

Ingredients

For the Cookies-

  • 1 ½ Cup (187 ½ g) Flour, All Purpose
  • 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoon (½ teaspoon) Salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoon (1 ½ teaspoon) Pumpkin Spice
  • ½ Cup (113 ½ g) Butter Softened
  • ½ Cup (100 g) Sugar
  • ¼ Cup (55 g) Brown Sugar
  • 1 Cup (245 g) Pumpkin Puree
  • 2 (2) Egg

For the Frosting-

  • 4 oz (113 ⅖ g) Cream Cheese softened
  • 4 tablespoon (4 tablespoon) Butter softened
  • 1 ½ - 2 Cup (420 g) Powdered Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Vanilla
  • Pinch (Pinch) of Salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 °F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium size bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin spice.
    1 ½ Cup (187 ½ g) Flour, All Purpose, 1 tsp Baking Soda, ½ tsp Salt, 1 ½ tsp Pumpkin Spice, Pinch of Salt
  3. In a large bowl, with an electric hand or stand mixer, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until well mixed.
    ½ Cup (113 ½ g) Butter, ½ Cup (100 g) Sugar, 4 oz (113 ⅖ g) Cream Cheese, ¼ Cup (55 g) Brown Sugar
  4. Add in eggs and pumpkin and continue mixing until everything is well incorporated.
    2 Egg, 1 Cup (245 g) Pumpkin Puree
  5. Add dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture mixing until everything is blended.
  6. Place batter in a piping bag with the end cut off or fitted with a round tip. Pipe batter onto prepared cookie sheet in circles with a 2 inch diameter about 2 inches apart.
  7. Bake 8-10 minutes or until the cookies appear dry. Remove cookies and place on a cooling rack.
  8. Allow cookies to cool completely.
  9. To make the frosting-
  10. Place the cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl and cream together with an electric mixer.
    4 oz (113 ⅖ g) Cream Cheese, 4 Tbsp Butter
  11. Add vanilla and continue mixing until well blended.
    1 tsp Vanilla
  12. Add in powdered sugar ½ cup at a time mixing well between each. Use 1 ½ - 2 cups of powdered sugar depending on how thick you want the frosting.
    1 ½ - 2 Cup (420 g) Powdered Sugar
  13. Pipe frosting onto the bottom side of half of the cookies, and top with another cookie to create a sandwich.

Nutrition

Serving: 1pie | Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 38mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 1479IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
CourseCookie Recipes
CuisineAmerican
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