Chocolate Whoopie Pies

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons vegetable oil or 6 tablespoons canola oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons shortening, softened to room temp
• 3 -3 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (or mint extract is good)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425. lightly coat cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2 whoopie pies: in a mixing bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. add eggs and beat well. in separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
• 3 gradually beat flour mixture into sugar mixture. add milk and mix together well.
• 4 with lightly lightly floured hands, roll dough into 1 1/2" balls. place balls 2" apart onto cookie sheets lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. flatten balls slightly with bottom of lightly greased flat-bottom glass.
• 5 bake at 425 for 5-6 minutes or until tops are cracked. cool for 3 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
• 6 filling: in a mixing bowl, beat together butter and confectioners' sugar. beat in milk and extract until fluffy.
• 7 pipe filling using pastry bag (or spread w/ knife) on to flat bottom of cooled whoopie pie and top with another whoopie pie to make a sandwich.