Whoopie Pies
You don't have to wait until you come to Lancaster County to enjoy one of our traditions...whoopie pies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 cup white sugar
- 2 Nature's Yoke eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup sour milk
- 3 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup hot water
Filling
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 4 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 4 tbsp milk
- 1 1/4 cup shortening
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
To Make Cookie
- Cream together shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- Sift together flour, cocoa, and salt. Add alternately to cream mixture with sour milk. Add baking soda to hot water and stir into mixture.
- Drop on cookie sheet and bake for about 7-10 minutes.
To Make Filling
- Cream together egg whites, vanilla, powdered sugar, flour, milk and shortening.
- Beat together until fluffy. Spread between flat sides of cookies.
