Whoopie Pies!

* NOTE: if you already wrote the recipe down, my mom informed me she had the filling written down wrong....so its now fixed....

As Promised here is the recipe for the o-so-tasty Whoopie Pies...as I was tryping the recipe in I was wondering about their history so I WIKIPEDIA'D them and here is what they say:

"A whoopie pie (alternatively called a gob, black-and-white, bob, or "BFO" for Big Fat Oreo) is a baked good made of two round mound-shaped pieces of chocolate cake, sometimes pumpkin cake, with a sweet, creamy frosting sandwiched between them. While considered a New England phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition, they are increasingly sold throughout the United States. According to food historians, Amish women would bake these (known as hucklebucks at the time) and put them in farmers' lunchboxes. When farmers would find these treats in their lunch, they would shout "Whoopie!"

Whoopie Pie's

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup milk (or buttermilk)
Whoopie Pie Filling

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease baking sheets.

In a large bowl, cream together shortening, sugar, and egg. In another bowl, combine cocoa, flour, baking soda, and salt.

In a small bowl, stir the vanilla extract into the milk. Add the dry ingredients to the shortening mixture, alternating with the milk mixture; beating until smooth.

Drop batter by the 1/4 cup (to make 18 cakes) onto prepared baking sheets. With the back of a spoon spread batter into 4-inch circles, leaving approximately 2 inches between each cake.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until they are firm to the touch. Remove from oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.

Whoopie Pie Filling- cream together 3/4 cup butter, 1 1/2 cup powder sugar, 1 cup marshmallow cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla.

When the cakes are completely cool, spread the flat side (bottom) of one chocolate cake with a generous amount of filling. Top with another cake, pressing down gently to distribute the filling evenly. Repeat with all cookies to make 9 pies. Let finished whoopie pies completely cool before wrapping.

ENJOY!