Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons nonfat milk, divided
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon mint extract
• 4 drops green food coloring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. add egg; beat for 1 minute. combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. gradually beat into sugar mixture. add 2 tablespoons milk; mix well. with lightly floured hands, roll dough into 36 balls.
• 2 place 2 inches apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. flatten slightly with a glass coated with cooking spray. bake at 425° for 5-6 minutes or until edges are set and tops are cracked. cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
• 3 in a mixing bowl, combine butter and confectioners' sugar until crumbly. beat in extract, food coloring in desired and remaining milk. spread on the bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. yield: 1-1/2 dozen.