Recipe #5: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

I found this in a book of Amish recipes.  It made 36 little pies which disappeared quickly.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups cooked, mashed pumpkin
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 Tbsp.. cinnamon
1/2 Tbsp. ginger
1/2 Tbsp. ground cloves

Cream sugar and oil.
Add pumpkin and eggs.  Add flour, salt, baking powder, soda, vanilla, and spices.  Mix well.

Drop by heaping teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 F for 10-12 minutes.

Make sandwiches from 2 cookies filled with a dollop of Whoopie Pie Filling.

*I added some chopped nuts from our black walnut tree to half the pies for a little variation.

Whoopie Pie Filling:

INGREDIENTS:

1 egg white beaten
2 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups confectioner's sugar
1 1/2 cups shortening

Mix together egg white, milk, vanilla, and 1 cup confectioner's sugar.  Then beat in shortening and remaining 1 cup of confectioner's sugar.

Spread dab of filling on the flat side of cooled cookie.  Top with another cookie to form a sandwich pie.