Ingredients you will need:
1/2 cup butter or shortening, softened
1 egg
4 Tbsp sweet milk
1 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 tsp nutmeg
2 cups flour
How to make these valentine whoopie pies:
- Combine sugar and shortening in a stand mixer.
- Mix in egg and milk.
- Add flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Stir until a soft dough is formed.
- Mix in food colouring until dough becomes pink.
- Form dough into walnut sized balls and place on parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes.
- When cookies have cooled, pipe frosting onto the bottom of one cookie and sandwich it with another.
- Top with sprinkles if desired.
Tips for Holiday Baking:
- Double or triple recipes to make large batches of goodies. This allows cookies and bars to be made in an assembly line fashion and speeds up the process.
- Pick holiday recipes that compliment each other and look good plated together. For example every year I like to make Candy Cane Brownies, Eggnog Cookies, Cranberry and Pistachio Shortbread and Peppermint Dipped Chocolate Cookies for a good variety.
- Participate in a Holiday Baking Exchange! This is a great way to prepare for a season of holiday entertaining.
- Start baking early and store goodies in the freezer until they are needed. I use these large Rubbermaid food storage containers (aff link) to save a mixture of cookies and bars in my freezer so that I have them ready to go for Christmas parties and gatherings all season long.
How we developed this recipe:
I simply whipped up a batch of this cookie dough and added a bit of red food colouring. Then my assistant baker, Isaiah, and I rolled the dough into walnut sized balls and baked. Once cool I piped our filling onto the underside of one cookie before sandwiching it with another cookie. There are a wide variety of fillings that you can use to create a whoopie pie. I simply used store bought white frosting {from a tub} brilliant right?!
These were super delicious and pinkalicious ~ a perfect addition to our Valentine’s Day celebrations. Please give this Valentine Whoopie Pie Recipe a try!
Valentine Whoopie Pie Recipe
This Valentine whoopie pie recipe is absolutely delicious and perfect for Valentines Day!
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or shortening, softened
- 1 egg
- 4 Tbsp sweet milk
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tub white cake frosting
- 4 drops of red food colouring (optional)
- Valentine sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Combine sugar and shortening in a stand mixer.
- Mix in egg and milk.
- Add flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Stir until a soft dough is formed.
- Mix in food colouring until dough becomes pink.
- Form dough into walnut sized balls and place on parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes.
- When cookies have cooled, pipe frosting onto the bottom of one cookie and sandwich it with another.
- Top with sprinkles if desired.
How long and at what temp do you cook the cookies for? Mine never come out right. Either not cooked enough or cooked too much.
9 minutes seems to be the magic number for me :) Keep experimenting and good luck!