You ignored the “Best Par-tay EVERRRR!!!” messages on Facebook so you could write the best Western Civilizations paper ever. You told your roommate the only “going out” you could do meant lugging a backpack full of books to the library to research, and when your friends scored an extra ticket to the concert you’ve been dying to go to, you declined so you could study.
(Okay, maybe you actually went to the concert at the expense of your sociology study group, but otherwise, you were so committed.)
Sacrifices like that deserve a celebration. They deserve something that’ll put a smile on your – and your equally exhausted, studious friends – face, and they deserve something better than watered-down beer in a plastic Solo cup.
You need a pumpkin whoopie pie. And you need one now.
Flavorful and moist, with the whimsy of a cupcake (and without the messy gob of frosting on top), this delightful little pie takes minutes to make.
I triple-dog dare you not to grin like a five-year-old on a sugar high after tasting one.
Kitchen gadgets needed: measuring cups, mixing bowl, whisk, cookie sheet, oven, oven mitts
Ingredients:
- 1 stick of butter, melted
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup of pumpkin (a little over 1/2 a can)
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-2/3 cups flour
- Cheat: 1 container of cream cheese frosting (We recommend the whipped variety, since it tends to be lighter and fluffier)
Time commitment: 20-25 minutes to prepare/cook, 20 minutes to cool before frosting
Steps:
1. First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. While the oven heats, whisk the melted butter and brown sugar together until its smooth.
2. Next, whisk in all of the other ingredients except for the flour, blending them together.
3. Fold in the flour until you create a muffin-like batter (not as runny as cake batter, but not as dense as cookie dough).
4. Spoon the batter into tablespoon-sized balls on a cookie sheet. Then place ’em in the oven for 5-6 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of a whoopie pie.
5. Once the whoopie halves are cool (about 20-30 minutes), ice the flat side of half the pile with cream cheese frosting, then top with an unfrosted half.