Pumpkin whoopie pies

3 Dozen pies

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Sugar, brown
1 cup Oil
1½ cup Pumpkin, cooked; mashed
2 Egg
3 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1½ tablespoon Cinnamon
½ tablespoon Ginger
½ tablespoon Cloves, ground
1 Egg white; beaten
2 tablespoons Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Sugar, confectioners
From Amish and Mennonite Kitchens (1984)

Directions

FILLING

Cream the sugar and oil. Add the pumpkin and eggs. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, soda, vanilla, and spices. Mix well. Drop by heaping teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 F. for 10 to 12 minutes. Make sandwiches from two cookies filled with the filling.

FILLING:

Mix all ingredients; then add one more cup of confectioners' sugar and three-quarters cup of shortening.

VARIATION:

Adding half a cup of ground black walnuts gives these cookies a special delicious flavor.

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