Gingerbread Whoopie Pies

These Gingerbread Whoopie Pies are a burst of holiday flavours with the spicy gingerbread cake and the creamy, sweet richness of the cream cheese filling.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 1/3 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup hot water

cream cheese filling

• 2 – 250g packages PHILADELPHIA® Cream Cheese, softened
• 4 cups icing sugar (powdered sugar)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp milk
• pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325F. Spray a muffin top pan (or whoopie pie pan) with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat the shortening, sugar, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla extract and egg on medium speed until smooth.
3. In another large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
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