Coconut Cake Whoopie Pies

By chelyc13

Ingredients

• FOR PIES:
• 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teas baking soda
• 1 teas salt
• 1 cup whole buttermilk
• 1 teas vanilla extract
• 1/2 teas almond extract
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted
• FOR FILLING:
• 2 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup cream of coconut
• 1 teas vanilla extract
• 7 cups confectioners' sugar

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

FOR PIES:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl, beat butter ans brown sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer. add egg, and beat until well combined.

3. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. in a small bowl, combine buttermilk and extracts. add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, scoop batter evenly onto baking sheets about 2 inches apart.

4. Bake until golden, approximately 15 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks and let cool completely.

5. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, cream of coconut, and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. add convectioners' sugar, one cup at a time, beating until smooth.

6. Spread cream cheese coconut filling evenly on flat sides of 6 cookies. Top with remaining cookie, flat sides down. roll edges of whoopie pies in toasted coconut. refrigerate whoopie pies until ready to serve.