Description
Get ready to fall in love with February’s Cookie of the Month: Pink Velvet Whoopie Pies. Heart-shaped, perfectly pink cookies filled with a velvety smooth frosting – they’re ready to be your Valentine.
Ingredients
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Cookies
- 1/2 cup salted butter, partially melted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 tsp cake batter flavoring
- pink food coloring
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
Frosting
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 – 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/2 tsp clear vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Mix the wet ingredients: In a mixing bowl, combine melted butter, sugar, eggs, and cake batter flavoring until fluffy.
- Add color and dry ingredients: Mix in pink food coloring, then add flour, corn starch, baking soda, and salt. Incorporate buttermilk to form a thick batter.
- Pipe the batter: Transfer batter into a piping bag and pipe heart shapes onto the baking sheet.
- Bake: Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes until firm. Cool on the pan.
- Make frosting: Combine butter and powdered sugar, then add cream and vanilla. Whip until thick.
- Assemble: Pipe frosting onto one heart cookie and top with another to make whoopie pies. Repeat for all cookies.
- Enjoy: Store in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 whoopie pie
- Calories: 199 kcal
- Sugar: 19g
- Sodium: 143mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.4g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 29g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 36mg