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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Pumpkin whoopie pies are delicious pumpkin cake-like cookies that can be eaten by themselves as singles or filled with whoopie pie filling for a delicious treat.

These homemade Pumpkin Whoopie Pies feature soft and moist pumpkin-flavored cookies sandwiched around a delicious and tangy cream cheese filling are the ultimate fall treats.

These treats are so easy to make and are full of rich pumpkin flavors that they’re always a huge hit with everyone.

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Servings: 18
  • Yield: 3 dozen

Ingredients

Cookie Dough:

  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 ½ cups solid pack pumpkin puree
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ tablespoon ground ginger
  • ½ tablespoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Whoopie Pie Filling:

  • 1 egg white
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, divided
  • ¾ cup shortening

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
  2. To make the cookie dough: Combine brown sugar and oil in a bowl. Mix in pumpkin and eggs, beating well. Add flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla together into a separate bowl. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix to combine.
  3. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool while you make the filling.
  5. To make the whoopie pie filling: Beat egg white in a bowl and mix in milk, vanilla, then 1 cup confectioners’ sugar. Mix well then beat in shortening and remaining 1 cup confectioners’ sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.
  6. Assemble once cookies are cool. Make sandwiches from two cookies filled with whoopie pie filling.

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