Red velvet whoopie pies
Ingredients pies
2 cups flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 oz red food coloring (2 tablespoons)
Ingredients filling
1/4 cup butter, softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
7 oz jar marshmallow creme
Instructions pies
Preheat oven to 375.
Line baking pans with parchment.
Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Beat butter in mixer on high 30 seconds.
Beat in brown sugar until fluffy.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk, beating after each addition.
Blend in coloring.
Spoon batter in 2” diameter rounds, about 1/2-inch high, on baking pans, 1” apart.
Bake 9 to 11 minutes, until tops are set. Leave on pans and cool completely on racks, then carefully remove cookies from pans.
Instructions filling
Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Fold in marshmallow creme.
To fill, dollop filling on flat sides of half the cookies. Top with remaining cookies, flat sides down. Makes about 42 cookies.
Store: refrigerate in airtight container up to 4 days