Description
Delicious pumpkin whoopie pies filled with cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 0 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 0 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 0 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 0 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 0 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk pumpkin puree, brown sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
- In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and salt.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to the wet mixture, stirring just until combined.
- Scoop 2-tablespoon mounds of batter onto baking sheets, spaced apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until tops spring back; cool on wire rack.
- For filling, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar gradually, then mix in maple syrup and vanilla until fluffy.
- Spread or pipe filling onto flat side of a cookie, then top with another cookie.
- Repeat with remaining cookies to form whoopie pies.
Notes
- Ensure the cookies are completely cooled before adding the filling.
- Store whoopie pies in an airtight container in the fridge to keep the filling fresh.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 whoopie pie
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 33g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 40mg