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Spiced Pumpkin Whoopie Pies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
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Pumpkin Cookies:
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
Pinch ground nutmeg
2 cups brown sugar packed
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup butter melted and cooled
2 eggs
2 3/4 cup canned pumpkin, NOT pumpkin pie filling
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Browned Butter Frosting:
5 Tbsp. butter
4 oz. cream cheese softened
1 Tbsp. maple syrup
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
Pinch of salt
pinch of ground cloves
3 - 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Directions:
Directions:
For the Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients and set aside. To the bowl of a stand mixer, add melted butter, oil, and brown sugar and beat until combined. Add in eggs, pumpkin, and vanilla and beat for about 1 minute. Add in the flour mixture, a little at a time, beating until just combined after each addition. Batter will look like thick cake batter at this point. Use a small cookie scoop or Tbsp. measuring spoon and scoop batter onto baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Tops of cookies should spring back when touched lightly. Let cool on baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
For the Frosting:
In a small saucepan, over MED-LOW heat, melt the butter. Continue heating the butter until it turns a light golden brown color. Set aside and let it cool for 15 minutes. In a stand mixer, beat the cooled browned butter and softened cream cheese on MED speed, until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Add in maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and ground cloves and mix on LOW until just combined. Slowly and gradually beat in the powdered sugar.
Assembly:
To one of the cooled cookies, spread about 2 tsp. of the frosting, then top with another cookie. Place on a wax paper lined baking sheet and chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. If desired, sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving. Makes about 36.

 

 

 

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