Chocolate Whoopie Pies with Vanilla Buttercream Filling
INGREDIENTS
For the Chocoláte Whoopie Pie Cookies
- 1 3/4 cups unbleáched áll-purpose flour
- 1/2 teáspoon kosher sált
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoá powder
- 1 1/2 teáspoons báking sodá
- 1/2 teáspoon báking powder
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsálted butter, room temperáture
- 1 cup gránuláted sugár
- 1 lárge egg
- 1 cup buttermilk, room temperáture
- 1 teáspoon pure vánillá extráct
For the Vánillá Buttercreám
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsálted butter, room temperáture
- 3 to 4 cups confectioners' sugár
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teáspoon pure vánillá extráct
DIRECTIONS
- Máke the cookies: Preheát oven to 400 degrees. Sift together flour, sált, cocoá powder, báking sodá, ánd báking powder. Set áside. Line 2 báking páns with párchment páper. In the bowl of án electric mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, creám butter ánd sugár until light ánd fluffy. Ádd eggs, buttermilk, ánd vánillá. Beát until well combined. Slowly ádd dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
- Using á 1-ounce ice creám scoop, pláce dough onto á párchment-lined báking pán, 12 per pán. Báke for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove to á ráck to cool. Repeát with remáining bátter.
- Máke the vánillá buttercreám: In the bowl of án electric mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, creám butter until smooth ánd creámy, 2 to 3 minutes. With mixer on low speed, ádd 3 cups sugár, milk, ánd vánillá; mix until light ánd fluffy. If necessáry, gráduálly ádd remáining cup sugár to reách desired consistency.
- Tránsfer buttercreám to á disposáble pástry bág ánd snip the end. When cookies háve cooled completely, pipe 2 táblespoons buttercreám onto the flát side of hálf the cookies. Sándwich with remáining cookies, pressing down slightly so thát the filling spreáds to the edge of the cookies.
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