Are you looking for the perfect company for your afternoon Chai Latte? This Autumn, make a delicious cookie for your coffee/tea breaks that will transport you to fall heaven. These Pumpkin Whoopie Pie Cookies are a delicious pumpkin spice cookie sandwich with a dulce de leche filling. Amazing.
What is a Whoopie Pie?
The whoopie pie, original from the United States, is a mixture between cookies, cake, pie & sandwich. Usually, it is made from two cookies and a cream filling. The cookies are soft and cake-like.
For this recipe, we gave the traditional chocolate whoopie pie with cream filling a more fall and authentic twist.
The Pumpkin Spice Cookies
To make the pumpkin spice cookies, you will need pumpkin puree. You can use canned or make it yourself. You will also need pumpkin spice. The recipe for pumpkin spice is 2 parts cinnamon, 1 part ginger, 1 part cloves, 1/2 part nutmeg.
The Dulce De Leche Filling
Dulce de Leche is a traditional Latin American sweet made from milk and sugar. Also known as Arequipe in Colombia, or Cajeta in Mexico, Dulce de leche can easily be found in Latin American specialty supermarkets as one of the names mentioned above.
You could also make it yourself cooking a can of condensed milk. (Here’s how to)
Substitutes
If you can’t find Dulce de leche or any other variations, or if you simply do not like it, then you have a few options:
- Substitute for Caramel
- Substitute for chocolate ganache (recipe here)
- Omit using a filling, the cookies are delicious on their own.
FINALLY,
I hope you enjoyed this recipe! Let me know if you decide to try it out and don’t forget to send me your #Lifestylemartina creations.
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Pumpkin Whoopie Pie Filled With Dulce De Leche
Ingredients
Ingredients for the cookies
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbs pumpkin spice
- 125 grams unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the coating of the cookie
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbs pumpkin spice
For the filling
- 3/4 cup Dulce de leche
- Flakey Salt optional
Instructions
- pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Prepare a baking tray with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
- In a bowl, mix the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add the pumpkin, egg and vanilla. Mix until combined.
- Add the rest of the cookie ingredients. Mix until combined but be careful to not over mix.
- Once dough is ready, prepare the coating. Mix the sugar and the pumpkin spice.
- Roll dough into 1 tablespoon balls and cover in the sugar coating. Place on baking tray and press them to shape into cookies. Bake for 9 minutes.
- Once you remove them from the oven, tap the baking tray against the counter to flatten the cookies even more and let cool.
- Once cookies have cooled, spread the dulce de leche filling and form your sandwiches. Optional: add flakey salt to the dulce de leche filling for a salted caramel feel. Enjoy!
Martina is a trained and experienced chef. She has worked as a Chef in multiple restaurants in the Netherlands. Currently, she works as a Marketing Manager for a Start-up in The Hague. In her spare time, she cooks and bakes delicious recipes to host friends and shares all of her best recipes and tips through her blogs.
