Apple Whoopie Pies, My First Failure

When I was planning my whoopie extravaganza I had come up with two different recipes I desperately wanted to try.

The first was the pumpkin whoopie pies - which turned out fabulous! The second was an apple whoopie pie with a fluffy caramel filling.

You can imagine my excitement when the day finally came to bake the awesome sounding apple whoopie pies.

I wanted these to turn out amazing. So I read my recipe over, made sure I had all my ingredients, and set to work.

As you can see, things did not turn out as I hoped. I was so disappointed when I pulled the apple whoopie cookies out.

They were flat, ugly, and slightly crispy. These were not at all what they were supposed to be. I checked my steps, ingredients, and rechecked the recipe.

I have no idea what I did wrong. Fortunately, they still tasted pretty darn good. I skipped the frosting and we ate these in their messed up state. My friends didn’t seemed to disappointed in my little mishap

If you are at all interested in making these, you should. The only problem I had with the recipe is they flattened too much to make into whoopie pies. They still taste great! You could always use some sort of frosting if you want to hide the appearance.

Apple Whoopie Pies

Ingredients:

• 1 1/8 cups organic all-purpose flour
• 1 TSP cinnamon
• 1/2 TSP nutmeg
• 1/2 TSP ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 stick organic unsalted butter, softened
• 2/3 cup organic brown sugar
• 1 large organic egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup grated apple – don’t forget to peel!

1. Peel and grate your apple!
2. In a bowl, mix together the flour, spices, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until it is light and fluffy.
4. Beat the egg and vanilla into the butter.
5. Stir in the dry mix in 2 parts. And finally, stir in the grated apple.
6. Cover your dough and let it chill for about an hour.
7. When you are ready to bake – preheat your oven to 325º F and either grease or line the baking sheet with parchment or foil.
8. Drop the dough by rounded TSP on to the cookie sheets and bake for 12 – 15 minutes.
9. When they are done, let them cool enough to consume or frost.

If you make these and they work for you, please let me know what you did!