The Next Chapter in the Whoopie Saga

Yesterday I decided to give another batch of Whoopie Pies a go. This time the flavour of choice was Peanut Butter Whoopies. Rich Chocolate 'cookies' filled with a peanut butter buttercream.

So off I went to the kitchen and started weighing and measuring the ingrediants.

Starting with the dry ingrediants

and then the butter and sugars.
Then it was over to the mixer to cream the butter and sugars. I love this part of the recipe, the beaters going, the sound of the mixer and the physical change that takes place with the ingrediants. I think I am a baking nerd!

A couple of weeks ago I had bought a pan that was for Whoopie Pies/Macarons.

The last time I had attempted Whoopie Pies I used this pan but I wasn't very 'specialised' tray again. The recipe had suggested dropping spoonfulls of the batter on to a tray for baking so this is what I did. Into the oven they went for 10 minutes. And this is what came out

Not the most attractive 'cookie'! It was odd shaped, flat as a pancake and certainly not round. That was it, no more scooping the mix onto a tray, out came the piping bag and 'normal' cookie tray. And woohoo! I had success!

While the cookies were cooling I whipped up a batch of the Peanut Butter Buttercream then sandwiched two cookies together with this delectable salty sweet frosting.

Whoopie Pies

I have been extremely slack when it comes to posting things on this blog. So I have decided to stop being so slack and start blogging regularly to give you something to read about.

Today I have chosen Whoopie Pies. Why Whoopie Pies you might ask. Well here is the reason. I can bake almost anything and first time I do is usually a success. I decided to give Whoopie Pies a go to sell to whomever may have been interested in them. I found a recipe on Martha Stewart for Banana ones with cream cheese filling. Mmmm i thought they sound nice, so off to the kitchen I went. I followed the recipe which is something I am not famous for doing, got the batter made, piped them onto a tray and all seemed to be good in the world of Whoopie Pies.

Then I baked them and when they came out of the oven they looked like flying saucers! They tasted great so I filled them with the cream cheese filling and within 24 hours they were all gone. Everyone love them, but they did not look like Whoopie Pies. I was mortified to say the least so I have decided that the Whoopie Pie is not gong to beat me and I will whip up batches of these little cookie/cakes until I can master them.

In future I will take photos of both disasters and successes and take you on my Whoopie journey.

Hope you are all enjoying your Australia Day Celebrations.