Whoopies

In case you're wondering what in the world a whoopie is, I'll tell ya.  A whoopie is a cookie sandwich with marshmallow cream and chocolate.  It's really yummy...

But the first time I heard of them I thought my mom was talking about whoopie cushions.  Yeah... That was really weird.

Anyways, my mom found this recipe from Chocolate Covered Katie (Is it just me or does it seem like all of our recipes come from her?) and they looked really good.

So we gave one to my Mom's trainer, Steve for his birthday.  I even added a swirly candle on top of it... I thought it was a nice touch :)

We did have to change it a bit, though, because they turned out really runny the first time.

Here is the modified recipe:

Whoopie recipe

(makes 12 circles)

• 1/4 cup milk of choice
• scant 1 tsp vinegar
• 1/2-2/3 cup whole-wheat pastry flour (or white flour)
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• just over 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup evaporated cane juice (or white sugar)
• 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375 F. Mix vinegar into milk, and set aside. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients and mix very well. Then add the vanilla to the vinegar mixture and stir. Pour wet into dry, and stir to combine. Drop tiny circles (a little over the size of a silver dollar) onto 1 or 2 cookie trays. (Or, if you have a whoopie pie maker, you can use that! I don’t have one.) Bake around 8 minutes.

*These are fantastic with the homemade marshmallow cream and chocolate sauce that Katie lists on her blog.* 

Question of the day:
What has been your favorite post that I've done?

Mine:
The Polka Dot Banana Bread :)