CARROT CAKE WHOOPIE PIES

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies image

Time 22m

Number Of Ingredients 20

1/2 cup butter, room temperature, Salted, Unsalted, doesn't matter.
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup quick oats
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cup carrots, finely grated
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Cream Cheese Frosting:
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4 oz cream cheese, room temperature
4 Tablespoons butter, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar

Steps:

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, add 1/2 cup butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until well blended. Add in egg and vanilla extract. Add Salt, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon & baking soda. Mix well. Add Oats and mix well. Add in Flour and mix well. Batter should look a bit on the dry side. Add carrots and mix until batter looks more like moist cookie batter. Cover bowl and chill dough 1 hr 15 minutes. This is important. By not chilling dough, cookies will spread and become flat pancakes. Preheat oven to 350*F Using a cookie scoop, spoon out cookie dough onto a prepared sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until centers no longer looks wet and doughy. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool. As cookies are cooling, make frosting. Once cookies are completely cool, scoop a dollup of frosting onto one cookie, top with a second cookie and enjoy your homemade whoopie pie. ------------------- For the cream cheese frosting: ------------------- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip together cream cheese, butter and salt until smooth and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and powdered sugar and continue to whip until smooth and very fluffy.