Vanilla Whoopie Pies

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• Cake
• Wet Ingredients
• ½ C Shortening
• 1 C Sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• ½ C Hot Water
• Dry Ingredients
• 2 C Flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp baking powder
• Icing Recipe
• 1 C Shortening
• 4 C Powdered Sugar
• 4 Tbsp water
• 2 Tbsp milk
• Directions
• Cake
• Pre heat oven to 425°
• In a large bowl combine and mix all wet ingredients EXCEPT HOT WATER
• In medium size bowl combine dry ingredients
• Add ½ dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix. Repeat with 2nd half of dry ingredients.
• Add Hot water and mix
• I used a 2” cookie scoop for the whoopie pies. Use a lightly greased or parchment covered cookie sheet.
• Bake for 6 to 7 minutes.
• Icing
• Using a mixer combine shortening and powdered sugar
• Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time adding 2 Tbsp of water with each cup and ending with the 2 Tbsp of milk
• On med/high speed mix icing for 5 minutes
• Scrape sides of bowl with spatula
• On high speed mix icing for another 5 minutes
• Fluff with spatula

bon appetit