Anita's Wonderful Whoopie Pies
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Ingredients
- For the pies
- 9 tablespoons butter
- 5 ½ ounces dark 70% cocoa solids chocolate, (Green & Black's Mayan Gold)
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 extra large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- For the filling
- 3 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract orange extract
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
- Toasted Nuts or Coconut
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment.
- Melt butter and chocolate in a double boiler and cool.
- Whisk sugar, eggs, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Fold in chocolate/butter mixture.
- Sift flour, cocoa, and baking powder and fold into above mixture.
- Place tablespoons on to baking sheets and bake 10-12 minutes. Cool.
- For icing, cream all the ingredients together.
- Fill whoopie pies with icing and cover sides with toasted nuts or coconut.
Notes
GREEN & BLACK’S Ultimate Chocolate Recipes – The New Collection.
Used by permission of Kyle Books, 2010. Pg. 32. Print. Adaptations are in parenthesis and instructions were written by Marnely Rodriguez-Murray.
Used by permission of Kyle Books, 2010. Pg. 32. Print. Adaptations are in parenthesis and instructions were written by Marnely Rodriguez-Murray.