Chocolate Peppermint Whoopie Pies
Cake-like cookies and whipped cream; what more can we say. Whoopie pies are one of our family favorite treats, and when paired with cool peppermint, it’s perfect for the holidays.
Prep time: 10 minutes + 1 hour chill time
Cook time: 10 minutes
Yields: Makes 10 to 12 whoopie pies
Allergy info: soy-free; contains wheat, gluten, dairy
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Using an electric mixer, combine the butter, sugar, cocoa and egg. Mix in the milk, vanilla and peppermint until well blended. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking soda. Slowly add 1/2 cup of flour mixture at a time to the cocoa mixture until all of the flour mixture is combined. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 400 F. Drop teaspoon size balls of chilled dough onto a cookie sheet, 2 ” apart. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Whipped Cream:
Whip 1 cup heavy cream with an electric mixer on medium speed. When the mixture becomes thick, add 2 tsp of sugar and 1/8 tsp of vanilla. Continue to whip until firm peaks form (you’ve just made what’s called Chantilly cream – whipped cream with sugar and vanilla) Sandwich between two cookies and devour!
Neat things you should know:
- A whoopie pie, sometimes alternatively called a gob or a black-and-white, is a baked good traditional to the Pennsylvania Dutch culture as well as New England, made of two small, chocolate, disk-shaped cakes with a sweet, creamy frosting sandwiched between them.
- Baking powder is generally just baking soda mixed with an acid, and a number of kitchen acids may be mixed with baking soda to simulate commercial blends of baking powder. The most common suggestion is to use two parts cream of tartar with one part baking soda.
- Cacao trees will grow in a limited geographical zone, of approximately 20 degrees to the north and south of the Equator. Nearly 70% of the world crop is grown in West Africa.
- The Netherlands is the leading cocoa processing country, followed by the U.S
- Chocolate and cocoa contain a high level of flavonoids, specifically epicatechin, which may have beneficial cardiovascular effects on health. The ingestion of flavonol-rich cocoa is associated with acute elevation of circulating nitric oxide, enhanced flow-mediated vasodilation, and augmented microcirculation.
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>best whoopie pies ever. :)
>Yes! I totally agree! This is a great whoopie pie! Plus, it's so easy and fast to bake one.
>I'm making these right now, and the first batch is divine. They are also so easy to make, far more so than I was expecting. This recipe is going in the keep pile!
>So glad you all like them! Happy Holidays :-)