Whoopie Pies (lightened Up)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup smart balance 50/50 butter (butter blend spread)
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 7 1/2 ounces marshmallow cream
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350. grease 2 large baking sheets (or use parchment).
• 2 cream granulated sugar and spread with electric mixer in large bowl. beat in egg and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla extract.
• 3 mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in bowl. beat dry ingredients gradually into wet ingredients, alternating with milk. drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto pans to make 32 cookies. press each cookie with a spoon dipped in water to flatten slightly.
• 4 bake until cookie springs back when touched lightly, 10-12 minutes. cool completely.
• 5 beat marshmallow cream with electric mixer, gradually adding confectioners' sugar. add remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and beat well until smooth, about 3 minutes. drop about 1 tablespoon of filling onto a cookie and top with another cookie, pressing so filling spreads.