Shoofly pie, a classic American dessert, is a molasses-based pie with a crumbly topping. Whoopie pies, on the other hand, are soft, cake-like cookies with a creamy filling sandwiched in between. This recipe combines the best of both worlds, creating a delicious treat that is perfect for any occasion. With its sweet, molasses flavor and soft, chewy texture, this shoofly pie whoopie pie is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it.
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TRADITIONAL SHOOFLY PIE
It's gooey sweet and unadorned by a top crust. What better invitation to come join the party does a hungry insect need? It should be called "molasses pie," but it's whimsically named shoofly because its "open" structure lures flies that must be shooed away. Shoofly Pie is thought to be a Pennsylvania Dutch creation, and may be a direct descendant of "Centennial Cake" introduced at the first World's Fair -- the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
Provided by Robert Manning
Categories Desserts Pies Vintage Pie Recipes
Time 2h5m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place pie crusts in 9 inch pie pans. Chill the crusts approximately 1 hour before use.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, stir together the baking soda and warm water. Mix in the molasses and stir until foamy. Transfer the mixture to the pie crusts.
- In a medium bowl, mix together flour, sugar and baking soda. Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour mixture until very fine crumbs have formed. Sprinkle the crumbs over the molasses mixture in the pie crusts.
- Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking 35 minutes, or until crust is lightly browned and the filling has set.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.7 calories, Carbohydrate 43.8 g, Cholesterol 7.6 mg, Fat 10.5 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 263.2 mg, Sugar 17.7 g
WHOOPIE PIES
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h7m
Yield 16 Whoopie Pies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, or preheat a convection oven to 315 degrees F.
- In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar, butter, and eggs together until well combined. Add the oil and vanilla and beat again.
- In a separate bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients. Add half of the dry mixture to the egg mixture and beat or stir to blend. Add 1 1/2 cups milk and beat again. Add the remaining dry mixture and beat until incorporated. Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups milk and beat until blended.
- With a large spoon, scoop out 32 circles of batter onto a baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.
- Spread filling onto 16 circles and place remaining circles on top, to make 16 Whoopie Pies.
- 1 1/2 cups shortening
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/3 cups marshmallow topping
- Dash salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup milk
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine all ingredients except the milk and beat well. Add just enough milk to achieve a creamy consistency. Spread filling across cooled cookie circles.
WHOOPIE PIES
Made from 2 small chocolate sponge cakes filled with fluffy vanilla icing, whoopie pies have been a lunch-box staple for generations. In this classic recipe, Martha uses a 1-ounce ice cream scoop to form the cookies, then sandwiches them together with 7-minute frosting.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes 2 dozen sandwiches
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sift together flour, salt, cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside. Line 2 baking pans with Silpats (French nonstick baking mats) or parchment paper. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Beat until well combined. Slowly add dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
- Using a 1-ounce ice cream scoop, place cookies onto lined baking pans, 12 per pan. Bake for 12 minutes. Remove to a rack to cool. Repeat with remaining batter.
- Spread 2 tablespoons frosting onto each of 24 cookies. Sandwich together with remaining 24 cookies.
OLD-FASHIONED WHOOPIE PIES
Who can resist soft chocolate sandwich cookies filled with a layer of fluffy white frosting? Mom has made these for years. They're a treat that never lasts very long with me and my two brothers around. -Maria Costello, Monroe, North Carolina
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 45m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine cocoa and water. Cool for 5 minutes. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and cocoa mixture. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition , To form each cookie, drop 2 tablespoons 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until firm to the touch, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For filling, in a small saucepan, combine flour and salt. Gradually whisk in milk until smooth; cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened, 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and refrigerate until completely cool. , In a small bowl, cream the shortening, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add milk mixture; beat until fluffy, about 7 minutes. Spread filling on half the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 244 calories, Fat 11g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 19mg cholesterol, Sodium 116mg sodium, Carbohydrate 33g carbohydrate (20g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
SHOOFLY PIE
Shoofly pie is often thought of as the cake baked in a pie shell, or so wrote Jean Hewitt, The New York Times food writer who offered this recipe in the paper in 1965. This pie was served at a Pennsylvania Dutch luncheon hosted by the International Cuisine Group of the College Woman's Club of Westfield, N.J., in the spring of that year. One of the organizers dug up the recipe from her mother's "Housekeeper's Scrap Book, 1896." There were four versions of the pie in the book; this was the one marked: "We like this one better."
Provided by Sara Bonisteel
Categories pies and tarts, dessert
Time 45m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 450 degrees.
- Make the crumb topping: Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together in a bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter until the consistency resembles cornmeal.
- Combine molasses, water and baking soda and pour into pastry shell. Spoon the crumb mixture evenly over the top. Bake 15 minutes, lower the heat to 350 degrees and bake 20 minutes longer, or until set and firm.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 440, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 65 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 3 grams, SaturatedFat 10 grams, Sodium 249 milligrams, Sugar 32 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SHOOFLY PIE
In this classic American dessert, some crumb topping sinks as the pie bakes, making a cakelike layer between the molasses custard on the bottom and the sugary topping. Serve with a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Make crust: In a food processor, pulse flour, salt, and sugar until combined. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons ice water. Pulse until dough is crumbly but holds together when squeezed (if necessary, add up to 2 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon at a time). Do not overmix. Form dough into a disk, wrap tightly in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour (or up to overnight).
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On a floured work surface, roll out dough to a 12-inch round with a floured rolling pin. Place in a 9-inch pie plate, trim excess, and crimp edges. Make topping and filling: In clean bowl of processor, pulse flour, butter, and brown sugar until combined. In a bowl, combine baking soda with boiling water and whisk to dissolve. Whisk in molasses, then egg until combined.
- Fill crust with molasses mixture, then sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over top (some will sink into filling). Place pie on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until set in middle, 45 to 55 minutes. Let cool 1 hour. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 449 g, Fat 17 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 5 g
SHOOFLY PIE WHOOPIE PIES
I came up with this idea & wanted to try them for the Holidays! They came out better than I HOPED!
Provided by judy eckman @judyannie
Categories Cookies
Number Of Ingredients 27
Steps:
- For Cookie Part: Beat shortening fluffy. Add sugar & beat. Add eggs & vanilla beat. Add molasses & beat. Sift all dry together & slowly adding a bit at a time beat dry into shortening batter. Chill dough
- Roll dough into balls the size of walnuts. Dip in an egg wash of 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon of water. Dip every other dough ball into the crumb topping that I will give directions for later in the recipe.Place cookie balls on sheet with egg washed & dipped sides facing up.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes until puffed up & lightly brown ! Remove from sheets & let cool completely before filling
- To make Shoofly Pie Goo : Mix the flour, brown sugar, shortening & salt together cutting it in for a crumb mixture , use a fork or pastry cutter. Remove 3/4 Cup & set this aside for your crumb topping to dip the cookie dough balls. Now take remaining crumbs mix & put into a deep saucepan, add the one egg beaten, the molasses & vanilla. Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water. Stir into the mixture in the saucepan. Whisk & cook over medium heat whisking the entire time. This will look like foamy coffee, keep stirring, MAGIC HAPPENS & SUDDENLY you will have a nice thick bubbly molasses goo ! Stir until all is thick & no longer watery. Remove from heat & chill. This will be the gooey bottom in the center of your whoopie pies.
- White Fluffy Filling : Cream egg whites, vanilla, flour,salt, milk & 2 cups of the powdered sugar. Beat well. Add 2 cups more of the powdered sugar & the shortening & beat until fluffy. If you want this a little stiffer add more powdered sugar. If it gets to stiff just add a little more milk. This never fails & everyone likes their filling a different texture. In Whoopie Pies there is NO WRONG ! Play with it until you get it the way you like! Chill
- Now take a cookie half that does not have crumbs, this is the bottom half of your whoopie pie. Smear about 1 & 1/2 to 2 teaspoons of the goo on the flat side of the cookie. Now take the cookie half that has crumbs ( this will be the top half of your whoopie pies.) Smear the flat side with a dollop of the Fluffy white filling. Place the Whoopie Pie halves together. You now have one big fat DELICIOUS Shoofly Whoopie Pie! Continue until all are filled. Store in an airtight container with wax paper between the layers. Refrigerate or freeze. Thaw before serving ! This makes about 44 Whoopie Pies! ENJOY this is my very own recipe . Check it out on my Recipe Blog at : http://recipesforjudysfoodies.blogspot.com/
WHOOPIE PIES
I have made these delicious treats for years. To me, they taste similar to those little snack cakes of years ago, "Hostess' Susie Q's"......only better! I got this recipe from a PBS cooking show in the early 80's. I'm not really sure of the prep and cooking time it takes to make these because I don't pay close attention to the time when I am cooking. I would say approx. 1-1/2 -2 hours from start to finish. This makes 15 large whoopie pies, but you can make them smaller. These freeze very well.
Provided by Olive
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 15 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cream of tarter, and cocoa. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, Crisco, sugar, and vanilla until well blended, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, blending after each addition. Add the flour mixture to the sugar-butter mixture, alternating with the milk. Blend well but don't over mix. The mixture will look like cake batter and if it looks curdled, don't worry about it.
- Use ¼ cup batter for each cookie. Drop the batter onto parchment line cookie sheets......one in each corner and one in the middle. Make them as round as possible. At this point, each cookie will be about 2-1/2 inches in diameter and they should be 3-1/2 to 4 inches apart. Bake for 6 minutes and if necessary, reverse the cookie sheet from front to back so they bake evenly. Continue to bake 10 minutes longer or until top of cake springs back when touched with your fingertip. Don't over bake. Remove the cookie from the sheet with a spatula to parchment paper covered racks to cool. If any of the cookie are irregular shaped, trim them carefully while they are still warm. Repeat with the remaining batter until you have 30 cookies.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling. In a saucepan, mix together the flour and milk until blended. Cook on medium heat and cook and stir constantly until mixture becomes thick. Remove from heat and cool completely. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter until slightly softened. Add the vanilla, salt, & powdered sugar. Add the cooled milk mixture to the butter mixture and beat until light and fluffy.
- Arrange the cookie into pairs, flat sides up. Place a generous ¼ cup of filling on 15 of the cookies, using the entire filling. Spread the filling to about ½ inch from the edge....it will be almost ½ inch thick. Top with another cookie, flat side down. Press the cookie together so the filling comes to the edge.
- Serve and eat. Or you can chill them, and then wrap each cookie individually in plastic wrap. They can be stored in the refrigerator, but taste better eaten at room temperature.
- NOTE: To make smaller cookies, drop heaping tablespoons full of batter onto the sheet and then you can get approximately 2 dozen or so.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 690.9, Fat 34.8, SaturatedFat 19.3, Cholesterol 98.9, Sodium 470.1, Carbohydrate 91.2, Fiber 2.9, Sugar 57.6, Protein 7.6
VERY YUMMY WHOOPIE PIES
Make and share this Very Yummy Whoopie Pies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by tamurai Michaels
Categories Dessert
Time 44m
Yield 15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- For the cookie, preheat the oven to 375°F Cream together the margarine, crisco, and sugar.
- Mix in the egg.
- Beat in cocoa, flour, powder, soda, salt, milk, and vanilla.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes Cool and fill.
- For the filling, cream together the margarine, crisco, marshmallow creme, and 2 cups of the confectioners' sugar.
- Beat in the salt, warm water, and vanilla.
- Gradually beat in the other 2-3 cups confectioners' sugar.
- Sandwich filling between two cookies. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 684, Fat 33.6, SaturatedFat 8.9, Cholesterol 14.7, Sodium 556.3, Carbohydrate 93.6, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 66.8, Protein 3.6
Tips:
- Use fresh, high-quality ingredients: This will ensure that your whoopie pies have the best possible flavor.
- Don't overmix the batter: Overmixing can make the whoopie pies tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Chill the dough before baking: This will help the whoopie pies hold their shape.
- Bake the whoopie pies until they are just set: Overbaking can make them dry.
- Let the whoopie pies cool completely before filling them: This will prevent the filling from melting.
- Store the whoopie pies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to 2 months: Properly store and enjoy your delicious homemade shoofly pie whoopie pies.
Conclusion:
Shoofly pie whoopie pies are a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. Made with moist and tender chocolate cake-like cookies and a creamy, sweet shoofly pie filling, these whoopie pies are sure to be a hit. With a few simple tips, you can make perfect shoofly pie whoopie pies every time. So what are you waiting for? Give this recipe a try today!
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