world's best maine whoopie pies - ayuh

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (such as hershey's®)
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (such as hershey's®)
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup butter at room temperature
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 (7 ounce) jars marshmallow creme

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). cut and set aside 25 pieces of plastic wrap about 5 inches square.
• for cookies, beat 1/2 cup of vegetable shortening, 2 cups of milk, 2 cups of sugar, the eggs, and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl until smooth and creamy. in a separate bowl, whisk the 4 cups of flour with both amounts of unsweetened cocoa, baking soda, and salt until thoroughly combined. beat the flour mixture into the wet ingredients just until smooth.
• scoop up the batter by teaspoons, and drop ungreased baking sheets in small round dollops about 2 inches apart. recipe should make about 50 cookies. the cookies will rise and expand a lot.
• bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are set in the middle, 8 to 10 minutes. allow to cool on baking sheets for several minutes before removing to finish cooling on racks.
• to make the filling, place 1 cup milk in a microwave-safe measuring cup, and cook in microwave until hot but not simmering, 1 to 2 minutes. pour the heated milk into a large mixing bowl. add the cup of room temperature butter, 1 cup of vegetable shortening, 2 cups of sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, and the marshmallow creme. beat the mixture on high speed until the frosting is fluffy, 5 to 10 minutes. at first the frosting will appear lumpy, but keep beating.
• to fill the cookies, choose 2 cookies that are about the same size, and spread about 1 1/2 tablespoon of the frosting the flat bottom of a cookie. top with the other cookie, flat side down, and wrap the filled cookie in a sheet of plastic wrap. place the filled cookie into the freezer. repeat with remaining cookies and frosting, wrapping each whoopie pie in plastic wrap and freezing.
• to serve, remove whoopie pies from the freezer and allow to thaw until very cold but not frozen, 10 to 15 minutes.