mama's whoopie pies

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter at room temperature
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3/4 cup butter at room temperature
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups marshmallow creme

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 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.
• stir half the flour mixture into wet ingredients, followed by milk; stir remaining flour mixture into dough. drop dough by tablespoonfuls baking sheets. for 25 whoopie pies, make 50 cookies.
• bake cookies in the preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 10 minutes. let cool completely.
• 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.