Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
6 tablespoons vegetable oil or 6 tablespoons canola oil
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons milk
4 tablespoons milk
4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons shortening, softened to room temp
3 -3 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract ( OR mint extract is good)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425. Lightly coat cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
Whoopie Pies: In a mixing bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. Add eggs and beat well. In separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
Gradually beat flour mixture into sugar mixture. Add milk and mix together well.
With lightly lightly floured hands, roll dough into 1 1/2″ balls. Place balls 2″ apart onto cookie sheets lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Flatten balls slightly with bottom of lightly greased flat-bottom glass.
Bake at 425 for 5-6 minutes or until tops are cracked. Cool for 3 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
Filling: In a mixing bowl, beat together butter and confectioners’ sugar. Beat in milk and extract until fluffy.
Pipe filling using pastry bag (or spread w/ knife) on to flat bottom of cooled whoopie pie and top with another whoopie pie to make a sandwich.
Servings: 36
Time preparation: 10 min.
Time total: 16 min.