Whoopie Pie

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2002

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (16)

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COMMENTS & REVIEWS(16)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
about 2 dozen

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 1 min
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 41 min

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Ingredients

1 cup granulated sugar
1 3/4 cups shortening
2 large eggs*
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large egg whites*
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup whole milk
3 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 baking sheets and set aside.

To make the cookies, in a large bowl using an electric mixer, cream together the sugar and 1/2 cup of the shortening. Add eggs and mix well.

Onto a sheet of waxed paper, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add to the wet ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk. Add 1 teaspoon of the vanilla and mix well. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake until tester comes out clean, about 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven and cool on wire racks.

To make the filling, in a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff. Add the remaining 1 1/4 cups of shortening and 1 tablespoon of vanilla, and mix well. Add the milk and sugar, and beat until smooth.

Lay half of the cookies flat on a work surface. Divide the filling among the cookies, spreading out to the edges. Top with the remaining cookies to form sandwich pies. Serve immediately, or cover tightly and refrigerate before serving.

*RAW EGG WARNING

Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs due to the slight risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.

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Wendy Chattanooga, TN 11-11-2009
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Good cake, not quite so on the filling.
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I know whoopie pies (or 'Gobs') the cake on this one is very very close, it could stand to be a touch sweeter. The filling... however isn't quite right. First, you will NOT get a good creamy consistency by beating the egg whites stiff and then trying to get shortening to combine with them. The filling stayed grainy. The taste of the filling wasn't quite right either. It's not bad though. A dead giveaway for a NON authentic whoopie pie recipe is if it has marshmallow fluff in it. REAL whoopie pies do NOT have marshmallow fluff in them (so in this part Emeril got it right). I use a cooked flour/milk icing recipe with an egg white added for the filling that is good. An addition to the cookie recipe that I used: 1/2 ts. instant coffee granules and I used Droste dutched (alkali processed) cocoa.Read more
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Linda Debary, FL 12-21-2008
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I added to this recipe - the best whipped topping I have ever made
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I used a store bought cake mix and used the filing recipe and added 1 8oz cream cheese and 1 stick of butter to it. so yummy
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Cindy St. John's, NL 03-02-2008
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Grainy Filling
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I agree with AMY I can't seem to figure out how the egg whites whipped first, come together with the shortening in a... uniform mixture. It just came out grainy, it tasted fine, but I wasn't happy with the texture of the icing.Read more
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Anonymous 02-17-2008
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Wonderful !
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The filling for these whoopie pies is the best ever! Easy recipe...
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Anonymous 05-24-2007
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nice and moist
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

every time i make whoopie pies they either come out really cakie and thick or my frosting ends up lumpy from the shortening.... They came out perfect this time! They were very moist and rich, not too sweet though.Read more
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Anonymous 05-04-2007
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whoopie pies
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these whoopie pies and they came out really good my family loved them