Nutritional tidbit from Audrey Did you realize pumpkin is a fruit not a vegetable? A full cup of pumpkin only has 49 calories yet has 3 grams of fiber and is essentially fat and salt free. That allows you to fill your pumpkin Whoopie pie with a delicious cream cheese filling, which is not fat free . Enjoy!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream brown sugar and vegetable oil together until light in color.
Add Pumpkin and eggs. Add flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 tsp vanilla and spices (through cloves) Mix well.
Drop by heaping teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool completely.
While Whoopie pies are cooling make filling.
Mix together egg whites, milk, vanilla and 2 cups confectioners sugar until fluffy and then mix in shortening and remaining 2 cups of confectioners sugar.
Spread spoonful of filling on flat side of cooled Whoopie pie cookie, top with a second cookie. If you do not eat them all at once, keep the remaining refrigerated.
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream brown sugar and vegetable oil together until light in color.
Add Pumpkin and eggs. Add flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 tsp vanilla and spices (through cloves) Mix well.
Drop by heaping teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool completely.
While Whoopie pies are cooling make filling.
Mix together egg whites, milk, vanilla and 2 cups confectioners sugar until fluffy and then mix in shortening and remaining 2 cups of confectioners sugar.
Spread spoonful of filling on flat side of cooled Whoopie pie cookie, top with a second cookie. If you do not eat them all at once, keep the remaining refrigerated.