Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Posted by Caveman Cooking on January 22, 2010
This recipe won Post of the Day for 1/22/10!
This is our very first guest recipe … WoooHOOOOO! Please welcome the Cavewoman (aka Dianne) as she helps us end the week with something sweet!
INGREDIENTS
* 1 1/2 sticks (6 ounces) unsalted butter, 1 stick melted, 1/2 stick softened
* 1 cup packed light brown sugar
* 2 large eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten
* 1 cup canned pure pumpkin puree
* 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
* 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 3/4 teaspoon plus 2 pinches salt
* 1-2/3 cups flour
* 4 ounces cream cheese, chilled
* 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
RECIPE
Hi, I’m Dianne, Caveman’s favorite wife. I’m actually his only wife, but that is besides the point. He’s been lagging on posting recipes this week (he’s lazy … and sick). So, I thought I’d invade his blog and post the best Winter cookie ever. It’s the yummiest. Truly, I don’t lie. Well, on occasion I do, but I’m not now. I swear! 😉 Doesn’t this look good?!?! It is. I should know, I just ate three. (Don’t judge, I had to test them!!)
Whisk together the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Fold in flour with a rubber spatula.
I’m not condoning eating dough……but…..this dough tastes amazing! Like pumpkin mousse!! Soooo good!!!
Make 24 generous mounds on 2 cookie sheets. Bake 10 minutes at 350 until cookie is springy to touch.
Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, cream the softened butter with the cream cheese. Add the confectioners’ sugar and the remaining 2 pinches salt and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; mix on low speed until blended, then beat on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Spread the flat side of 12 cakes with the cream cheese frosting. Top each with another cake.
This is how I eat them. That way there is more frosting to cookie ratio. 😉
Enjoy!!!
Prep Time = 20 minutes
Cook Time = 10
Makes 12 two-sided Whoopie Pies
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Kristi said
Wow! The whole cave family can really cook, or really bake in this case. I can’t wait to see what the kids can do. Looks delicious!
Janice said
Yummy!
MaryMoh said
These look very delicious with the frosting. I would love to have some.
April said
Glad you stepped in to post this!! Wouldn’t have wanted to miss it– these are going on my ‘must try’ list 🙂
whatscookingwithdoc said
Yum, They look great. As for eating three, well, I never trust a cook who doesn’t taste the food before itl eaves the kitchen…Hope this gets The Caveman back on his feet soon.
I prescribe 2 cookies and check wirth me in the morning.
-Doc
JeffR said
Yum. I’ll have to make these soon before I go crazy…
Cavewoman said
Thanks everyone! I’m glad you like my first post!! Warning though….these are SO addicting.
Lori Lynn at Taste With The Eyes said
First time here. Foodbuzz sent me.
You have such a clever blog title and description!
Looking forward to exploring…
Lori Lynn
cavemancooking said
Thanks, L2! Hope you like what you find. I’ll be checking your site out, too.
Alisa said
I shouldn’t be looking at this but they look so darn tempting! Especially that last photo…oooh frosting!
cavemancooking said
There are soooo good! Even better than the Chocolate ones she makes … which rock, too!!
Cavewoman said
Ohhh honey, I disagree. While these were amazing, the chocolate ones rule. 🙂
cavemancooking said
Call me a Pumpkin-head, but I have to give these the nod. Maybe it was the novelty … perhaps you should make some chocolate ones for me to compare! 😉
Reeni said
Cavewoman should have her own blog! Such scrumptious treats these are! I like mine open-faced too. Yum.
cavemancooking said
I couldn’t agree more, Reeni. For now, though, she has promised to post more of her baking stuff here!
Cavewoman said
Reeni, I SHOULD get my own blog!! But I’m mostly a baker and we’d be huge if I baked even more than I already do. So I think I’ll just stick to guest blogging here once in awhile. 🙂
boredcook said
So happy to meet he Cavewoman and to see a Whoopie Pie recipe. I was just looking at the recipe in my Paul Deen Family cookbook I received before Christmas for her Red Velvet Whoopie Pies, and was contemplating making those. But, I LOVE pumpkin anything, so I may have to consider these. IF, I can find some canned pumpkin that is.
What’s the deal with canned pumpkin right now? Didn’t something happen with it this past fall and there was a shortage or something? I remember reading something about that, and the shelf being empty at my local grocery store when I wanted to buy a can of pumpkin puree. I haven’t looked in the store for it since, but I “think” I have a can of it here buried in the back of a million other things.
cavemancooking said
Yeah, there was a big shortage around T-day, but I think it is all back on track now. Also, be sure to use the pumpkin puree and not the pie filling … they are quite a bit different. The Cavewoman also says that the pumpkin spice is a must, even though it’s not cheap.
Cavewoman said
Yup, I think the stores are stocked again so it shouldn’t be a problem. I was lucky at Thanksgiving, I stocked up days before they announced the shortage.