Jeans homemade whoopie pie recipe

Jean is old order Mennonite from New York State.Jean and her husband David and family live on a dairy farm, and travel their community using horse and buggy. She tells her story exclusively on Amish Stories

Jean's homemade Whoopie Pie Recipe

2 cups sugar

1 cup shortening

2 eggs

4 cups flour

1 cup baking cocoa

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp salt

1 cup  milk

2 tsp baking soda

1 cup hot water




Heat oven to 400 degrees. Cream sugar and shortening togther-then add the eggs. Sift flour, cocoa and salt together then add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Add vanillaand dissolve soda in hot water and add. Mix well. Using rounded teaspoons full drop dough onto cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

 

Jean's Filling




1 cup (sour) milk (to make sour milk just add a teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar to the cup of milk, then stir)
1 cup shortening

4 Tbls flour

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup sugar




Heat milk and flour together until thick. Do not let burn. When thick put in a small mixing bowl-add sugar, shortening and vanilla and mix until spread thick. Place on cookie bottom side up and frost. Put another cookie on top bottom down. Look for a new post this Friday of the Intercourse Heritage festival in Lancaster Pa.