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      Title: Old-Fashioned Whoopie Pies
 Categories: Chocolate, Dairy, Snacks
      Yield: 24 servings
 
    1/2 c  Baking cocoa
    1/2 c  Hot water
    1/2 c  Lard or shortening
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      2 lg Eggs; room temperature
      1 ts Vanilla extract
  2 2/3 c  A-P flour
      1 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Buttermilk

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      3 tb A-P flour
      1 ds Salt
      1 c  Milk
    3/4 c  Shortening
  1 1/2 c  Confectioners' sugar
      2 ts Vanilla extract
 
  Set oven @ 350°F/175°C.
  
  In a 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 ts of dough 2" 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 bowl, cream the shortening, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla
  until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Add milk mixture; beat until
  fluffy, about 7 minutes. Spread filling on half the cookies; top
  with remaining cookies. Store in the refrigerator.
  
  Recipe by Maria Costello, Monroe, North Carolina
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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