Recipe: Delicious Gingerbread Whoppie Pies

Gingerbread Whoppie Pies.

You can have Gingerbread Whoppie Pies using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Gingerbread Whoppie Pies

1. It's 4 cup of all purpose flour.
2. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of ground ginger.
3. It's 1 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
6. It's 1/4 tsp of ground cloves.
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of unsalted butter,at room temperature.
9. Prepare 4 tbsp of vegtable shortning such as crisco.
10. Prepare 3/4 cup of packed brown sugar.
11. Prepare 1 large of egg.
12. Prepare 3/4 cup of molasses.
13. Prepare 3/4 cup of buttermilk.
14. It's 3 cup of confectioners sugar.
15. Prepare 1/2 cup of butter at room temperature.
16. It's 3 tbsp of heavy cream, a tablespoon more if needed to thin out filling.
17. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

Gingerbread Whoppie Pies step by step

1. For Cakes.
2. position rack in center of oven and preheat oven to 325.Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper..
3. Mix together the flour, ginger, cinnamon. cloves, nutmeg, baking soda and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper or foil.
4. In a large mixing bowl beat together butter, shortening, and brown sugar on low speed just until combined then increase to medium speed and beat until fluffy and smooth, about 5 minutes. Add the egg, beat well then then the molasses.
5. Add half of the flour mixture and half of the buttermilk to the batter.Add the remaining flour and buttermilk and beat until just combined.
6. Spoon 2 tablespoons batter 2 inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets.Bake one sheet at a time about 10=12 minutes until the pies springe back when pressed gently. Remove from the oven and let the cakes cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a rack to cool..
7. Spread filling evenly on half of pies, top with other half to sandwich filling between.
8. For Filling.
9. In a large bowl, beat butter with confectioners sugar on low,increasing to medium until mixture is crumbly, about 1 minute.Add the heavy cream and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Use as filling for the whoopee pies.