Chocolate Whoopie Pies

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

Ingredients

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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a medium-sized bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 3 in another bowl cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• 4 add dry flour mixture to creamed mixture and beat well.
• 5 slowly add 1/2 cup milk and mix well.
• 6 mix cocoa and hot water and incorporate into batter.
• 7 drop batter by heaping teaspoons, about 2 inches apart, on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 8 bake for 8 minutes.
• 9 cool thoroughly on a baking rack.
• 10 filling: heat and whisk until thick flour and milk.
• 11 cool completely and beat in sugar, shortening and salt.
• 12 lastly beat in vanilla and marshmallow.
• 13 sandwich this filling between two cookies and serve.