Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Ingredients

• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1.5 cups solid pack pumpkin puree
• 2 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 0.5 tablespoons ground ginger
• 0.5 tablespoons ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.

2. 2

   To make the cookie dough: Combine brown sugar and oil in a bowl. Mix in pumpkin and eggs, beating well. Add flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla together into a separate bowl. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix to combine.

3. 3

   Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool while you make the filling.

5. 5

   To make the whoopie pie filling: Beat egg white in a bowl and mix in milk, vanilla, then 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Mix well then beat in shortening and remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.

6. 6

   Assemble once cookies are cool. Make sandwiches from two cookies filled with whoopie pie filling.