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Whoopie Pies
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 18 Minutes
Ready In: 33 Minutes
Servings: 6
This delicious dessert recipe is courtesy of Cranberry Island Kitchens in Maine.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, preferably organic, room temperature, plus more for muffin pans
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, preferably organic
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup buttermilk, preferably organic
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup boiling water
1 cup unsalted butter, preferably organic, room temperature
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 (7 1/2 ounce) jar marshmallow cream
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, preferably organic
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter two 4-inch muffin top pans.
3. Line each muffin cup in the pan with a parchment paper round, butter parchment, and set aside.
4. Cream together butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until combined, 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Add salt, eggs, and vanilla, and beat just until combined.
6. In a small bowl, mix together baking soda and buttermilk.
7. Add flour to mixer, alternating with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
8. In a medium bowl, whisk together cocoa powder and boiling water until smooth. Add to batter and beat until combined.
9. Fill each muffin cup with a heaping 1/4 cup batter. Transfer muffin pans to oven and bake 9 minutes, rotate pans, and continue baking 9 minutes more.
10. Let cool slightly before transferring muffin tops to a wire rack. Let cool completely; remove parchment paper. Repeat process with remaining batter.
11. FILLING:
12. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
13. Add Fluff and vanilla and continue mixing until well combined.
14. Place a heaping 1/4 cup filling on the bottom side of half of the muffin tops. Top with remaining muffin tops, bottom side down, to form whoopie pies.
By RecipeOfHealth.com