Whoopie Pies -Stacey Gray - YEAH!

My Daughter saw this recipe -- and she wanted to try them -- and wow are these good -- Love them Stace

Whoopie Pies -Stacey Gray -

2 cups flour

1 c. sugar

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 c sour milk

1/2 c water

1/2 cup shortening

1 egg 

1 egg yolk

Filling:

1/2 c shortening

2 tBS flour

1 TB sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 cup powdered sugar

3 TBS milk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

To make cookies -- Add all dry ingreat.  to a mixer -- mix -- then add the wet ingreat.  then add the egg and egg yolk  mix for an additional 2 minutes - until it is mixed well.

Drop the drop by a rounded tsp 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet - makes about 3* dozen cookies -- then let them cook for about 6 min.  or until the top spring back.  

Let cool 

Meanwhile make the filling -- 1/2 c shortening, 2 tbl sugar and 1 tbl sugar and vanilla -  mix with electric mixer on medium speed for 30 sec.

Slowly add 1 1/4 c powdered sugar -- add the milk -- gradually add the remaining powered sugar

My Daughter made this recipe -- she said to mix a little more flour into the cookies -- *an make them small --

to assemble them frost one side of the cookies and then top them with the remaining cookies -- 

These are really good --