Whoopie Pie Recipe aka Gobs

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• Cake Recipe
• 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

• 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.

• Recipe makes 11 to 12 Whoopie Pies

• Icing Directions

• 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