Gingerbread Whoopie Pies
Difficulty: EasyServings
9
servingsPrep time
40
minutesCooking time
10
minutesThese Gingerbread Whoopie Pies are the cookie of the season! Help make these for Santa. They are a cake like cookie. Filled with maple cinnamon buttercream.
Ingredients
- Whoopie Pie:
Wet:
*1/3 cup molasses, unsulphered
*1/4 cup hot water
*1/2 cup granulated sugar
*1/4 cup brown sugar
*2 eggs
*1/3 cup vegetable oil
*1 tsp vanilla extract
Dry:
*2 1/4 cup flour
*1 tbsp cinnamon
*1 tsp ground ginger
*1/2 tsp nutmeg
*1/4 tsp ground cloves
*1 tsp baking soda
*1/2 tsp baking powder
*1/4 tsp salt- Cinnamon Maple Buttercream:
*16 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
*3 1/2 cup powder sugar
* 2 tsp cinnamon
*2 tbsp maple syrup
*1 tbsp heavy cream
*Adding powder sugar for dusting
Directions
- In a medium mixing bowl combined molasses and hot water. Whisk together. Let this cool. While molasses is cooling combine all dry ingredients into a bowl and whisk together. Set aside,
- Add sugars, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla extract to the molasses and whisk together.
- Pour molasses mix into a stand-in mixer bowl and slowly add flour. With a fitted paddle attachment combine together. Once combine cover top and put in fridge and chill for 30-40 minutes.
- Remove cookie dough from the fridge and using a small cookie scooper (about 1 tbsp) scoop out cookies onto a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove and let cool for about 30 minutes.
- Make frosting by beating the butter in a stand in mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add powder sugar, cinnamon, maple syrup and heavy cream. Beat till smooth. Pipe frosting on the bottom of one cookie and place another cookie on top. Creating a cookie sandwich! Dust with powder sugar. Enjoy.