Festive Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
 
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Soft, but not cakey, pumpkin cookies sandwiched together with your choice of chocolate or vanilla frosting.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 16
Ingredients
  • 1 stick butter, melted
  • ½ cup canned pumpkin
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1½ cups plus 1 tablespoon Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1 for 1 Baking Flour*
  • half recipe for vanilla frosting (link in post)
  • half recipe for chocolate frosting, omitting sour cream and adding additional 2 tablespoons milk if needed (link in post)
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat. Set aside.
  2. Melt butter in microwave for 45 seconds to one minute. Allow to cool slightly. In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer beat together canned pumpkin, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla extract and melted butter.
  3. In a separate smaller bowl, sift together salt, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and 1 for 1 baking flour. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix together until incorporated. Beat together for additional 2 minutes.
  4. Drop walnut sized scoops of dough on cookie sheets, two inches apart. Dough will be sticky. Using a butter knife, spread balls out into flat discs about ¼" thick and 2" in diameter. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until edges are browning. Remove and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling racks to continue cooling. If cookies are slightly puffy when removing from oven, immediately flatten with spatula before cooling.
  5. Once completely cooled, turn half of the cookies over and frost with half chocolate frosting and half vanilla frosting. Place remaining cookies on top to make whoopie pies.
Notes
*If opting to use a different gluten free flour blend, check to see if xanthan gum is included in the mix. If not, add ¾ teaspoon to the batter with the other dry ingredients.
Recipe by Breezy Bakes at https://www.breezybakes.com/festive-pumpkin-whoopie-pies/