Whoopie Pies with Salted Dulce de Leche

Name: Whoopie Pies with Salted Dulce de Leche
Prep time: 150 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 160 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: AMERICAN
Ingredients: 6 Tbs. (3 oz./90 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 oz./105 g) firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; 3/4 cup (4 oz./125 g) all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup (1 1/2 oz./45 g) natural cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp. baking soda; 1/4 tsp. kosher salt; 4 Tbs. (2 oz./60 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 3/4 cup (3 oz./90 g) confectioners&rsquo; sugar; 2 Tbs. heavy cream; 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. kosher salt; 1/3 cup (3 fl. oz./80 ml) dulce de leche

Whoopie Pies with Salted Dulce de Leche is rated 4.0 out of 5 by 1.

Prep Time: 150 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 10

Is it a pie? Is it a cake? Or is it a cookie? It must be a whoopie pie! Here, cakelike chocolate cookies sandwich sweet and salty caramel. The result is a dessert that is positively addictive. Dulce de leche is a thick caramel sauce made from evaporated milk that is slowly simmered for a long time. It’s available at most Latin grocery stores and many upscale grocers.

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Ingredients:

For the cookies:

6 Tbs. (3 oz./90 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup (3 1/2 oz./105 g) firmly packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 cup (4 oz./125 g) all-purpose flour
1/2 cup (1 1/2 oz./45 g) natural cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. kosher salt

For the filling:

4 Tbs. (2 oz./60 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup (3 oz./90 g) confectioners’ sugar
2 Tbs. heavy cream
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/3 cup (3 fl. oz./80 ml) dulce de leche

Directions:

To make the cookies, in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar on medium-high speed until combined. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until blended. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt into the bowl and beat just until blended. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the dough until firm, about 2 hours.

Space 2 racks evenly in the oven and preheat to 350°F (180°C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.

With dampened hands, shape tablespoonfuls of the dough into balls. Place them on the prepared pans, spacing them slightly apart and squishing them a little. You should have about 20 balls. Bake until the cookies are puffed and slightly firm, 8 to 10 minutes, rotating the pans about halfway through. Let the cookies cool on the pans for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

While the cookies are cooling, make the filling: In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and confectioners’ sugar on medium-high speed until lightened. Beat in the cream and salt, to taste, on low speed, then beat in the dulce de leche until the filling is smooth.

Spread the flat side of half of the cookies with a big dollop of the filling. Top each with a second cookie, placing the flat side on the filling. (You’ll probably have a bit more filling than you need.) Refrigerate until the filling is set, at least 1 hour. Makes 10 whoopie pies.

Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Home Baked Comfort, by Kim Laidlaw (Weldon Owen, 2011)

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Rated 4 out of 5 by punkmadre from The flavor is great but the filling fell. Simple and yummy recipe. The cookies have a great flavor and fluffy texture, were easy to make, and cooked quickly. I especially appreciate the small batch. The only thing is that the filling fell after I sandwiched the cookies together and it dripped down the sides. I beat the butter and powdered sugar until light and added the rest of the ingreds and it looked great, like the picture. But after a little while the filling became more liquidy as if it lost all its air. Maybe it's just hot in my kitchen? Would definitely try making again to try to get the filling just right.

Date published: 2021-08-30

Whoopie Pies with Salted Dulce de Leche

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