Ingredients
Cookies:
4 eggs
2 1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/4 ounces hot coffee (about 2 tablespoons)
1 cup vegetable oil
5 1/2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
Filling:
2 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
6 cups confectioners' sugar
3 cups solid vegetable shortening
Directions
- Cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Mix eggs, sugar, salt, vanilla, hot coffee, and vegetable oil. Then add flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda. Mix all together, drop on cookie sheets and bake for 5 minutes.
- Filling: Beat eggs. Add the rest of the ingredients. Beat well.
- Assemble whoopie pies by spreading the filling between 2 cookies.