Red Velvet Whoopie Pies Recipe - make whoopie pies from scratch
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
red velvet whoopie pies
Author: Kitchen Nostalgia
Ingredients
COOKIES:
3cupsall-purpose flour
3Tbscocoa powder
1 ½teaspoon baking powder
½teaspoonsalt
1cupbutter
½cuplight brown sugar
1cupgranulated sugar
2eggs
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
3teaspoonsliquid red food coloringor 1/2 tsp powdered red food coloring
1cupsour cream
FILLING:
4ouncescream cheese,at room temperature
4tablespoonsunsalted butter
3 ½cupspowdered sugar
1teaspoonvanilla extract
Instructions
COOKIES: In a bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
In another bowl, mix together butter and both sugars until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla and red food coloring.
Mix in flour mixture and sour cream.
Drop a tablespoon of batter onto baking sheets lined with with parchment paper and repeat, spacing them at least 2 inches apart. Smooth the tops with a damp finger. Bake for 10 – 15 minutes in 350 F preheated oven.
FILLING: Beat together the cream cheese and butter. Add sugar and vanilla and eat until smooth. Spread the filling onto the flat side of one cake and top with another cake, flat-side down.