Pumpkin-Chocolate Whoopie Pies

By DenaK

Ingredients

• COOKIES
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup safflower oil
• 3 cups solid-pack pumpkin puree, chilled
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• FILLING
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from marthastewart.com

Preparation

Step 1

Make It Now

A small ice-cream scoop with a release mechanism makes it easy to form uniform-sized cookies.

Makes about 3 dozen

Directions

1 Make the cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment or a nonstick baking mat.

2 Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices in a bowl. In another bowl, whisk together sugar and oil until well combined. Add pumpkin puree, and whisk until combined. Whisk in eggs and vanilla. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture; whisk until fully incorporated.

3 Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto prepared baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Smooth tops with a wet fingertip. Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until cookies just start to crack on top and a cake tester comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks, and let cookies cool completely.

4 Make the filling: With an electric mixer on medium-high, beat butter, cream, cocoa, and confectioners’ sugar until pale and flu≠y, 2 to 3 minutes

5 Spread filling (about 1 scant tablespoon) on flat side of half the cookies; sandwich with remaining cookies, pressing to adhere. (Whoopie pies are best eaten the same day but can be refrigerated in airtight containers overnight.)