Whoopie Pies

This was the original "homemade oreos" recipe we used to make in Maine. (Elena, especially used to make them.) We just found the recipe and tried them again. They were a hit but we did not like the filling that came with the recipe. We traded it out with a powdered sugar, butter filling. You can also use the powdered sugar, cream cheese filling that is with the homemade oreo recipe on this blog.

1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup milk

Combine the first five ingredients in a sifter. Cream the shortening and sugar. Add the egg, vanilla and milk to the sugar mixture and combine. Sift in the dry ingredients and mix well. Drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

Let cool and then add a filling between two cooled cookies (see entry for February 1, 2010 for the cream cheese, powdered sugar filling).