Red Velvet Whoopie Pie

Recipes / Desserts

Serve up these soft sandwich cookies with a cold glass of milk or hot cup of coffee — either way, everyone’s sure to be sweet on these treats!

Recipe «Red Velvet Whoopie Pie» presented in category Recipes / Desserts, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 c. + 2 Tbs. all-purpose flour, 1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 c. granulated sugar , 2 tbsp. + 1/2 cup butter at room temp, 2 tbsp. shortening at room temp, 1 egg , 1/4 c. buttermilk, 2 tsp. red liquid food coloring, 2 tsp. vanilla extract, 2 oz. cream cheese at room temp, 1 cm confectioners' sugar.

Ingredients:

  • 1 c. + 2 Tbs. all-purpose flour 
  • 1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder 
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 
  • 1/4 tsp. salt 
  • 1/2 c. granulated sugar 
  • 2 tbsp. + 1/2 cup butter at room temp 
  • 2 tbsp. shortening at room temp 
  • 1 egg 
  • 1/4 c. buttermilk 
  • 2 tsp. red liquid food coloring 
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract 
  • 2 oz. cream cheese at room temp 
  • 1 cm confectioners' sugar 

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 375°F. Coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
  2. Mix first 5 ingredients.
  3. On medium speed, beat granulated sugar, 2 Tbs. butter and shortening 2 min.
  4. On low, beat in egg, then buttermilk, food coloring, and 1 tsp. vanilla.
  5. Beat in flour mixture until smooth.
  6. Drop batter in 1 Tbs. amounts onto pans 2" apart to make 28 cookies. Bake 8-9 min. until baked through. Cool 5 min. Transfer to racks.
  7. On medium, beat cream cheese with remaining butter 2 min.
  8. On low, beat in confectioners' sugar and remaining vanilla; on medium-high, beat 2 min.
  9. Transfer 1/4 cup of frosting to plastic sandwich bags; snip one corner.
  10. Dividing equally, spread remaining frosting over flat sides of half of cookies; top with remaining cookies. Pipe reserved frosting over tops.