Whoopie Pies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 2/3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 3 tablespoons marshmallow cream
• 6 teaspoons milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 mix cocoa, hot water and 1/2 cup shortening in a large mixing bowl.
• 3 allow to cool.
• 4 while that is cooling in another bowl mix sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• 5 add contents of second bowl to first bowl.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 set aside and mix flour, powder, milk, soda and salt in another bowl.
• 8 mix contents of third bowl into first bowl mixing well.
• 9 drop by teaspoonfulls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 10 bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
• 11 allow to cool for a few minutes then remove to a cooling rack and allow to cool completly.
• 12 while cookies are cooling go ahead and make the filling.
• 13 mix 3/4 cup shortening, powdered sugar, marshmallow fluff and milk.
• 14 then beat with an electric beater untill light and fluffy.
• 15 when the cookies have cooled fix the whoopie pie by sandwiching the filling between two cookies like an oreo.