Mama's Whoopie Pies
Description
Chocolate drop cookies are sandwiched with a fluffy marshmallow creme icing in this traditional treat.
Ingredients
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4 cups all-purpose flour
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1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1 cup butter at room temperature
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2 cups white sugar
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2 eggs
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 1/2 cups milk
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3/4 cup butter at room temperature
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1 cup confectioners' sugar
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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2 cups marshmallow creme
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Whisk flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl. Beat 1 cup butter and white sugar in a separate large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, until mixture is creamy. Beat eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract into butter mixture.
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Stir half the flour mixture into wet ingredients, followed by milk; stir remaining flour mixture into dough. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets. For 25 whoopie pies, make 50 cookies.
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Bake cookies in the preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely.
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Beat 3/4 cup butter with confectioners' sugar in a bowl, using an electric mixer; beat 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and marshmallow creme into filling. Spread at least 1 teaspoon filling on the bottom of a cookie and top with a second cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling.