Mango Whoopie Pies
 
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • Fresh mango pulp or canned Mango Pulp - 1 cup
  • Butter, unsalted, melted- 1 stick, 6 ounces
  • Light brown sugar-1 cup
  • Eggs, large at room temperature, lightly beaten-2
  • Ground cinnamon- ¼ tsp
  • Baking powder-1 tsp
  • Baking soda-1tsp
  • Pure vanilla extract-1 tsp
  • Salt- ¾ tsp
  • All purpose flour-1⅔ cups
For making Frosting
  • Cream cheese, chilled-4 ounces
  • Confectioners' sugar-1cup
  • Butter, softened-1/2 stick
  • Vanilla extract-1/2 tsp
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter and brown sugar.
  3. Whisk in the eggs, mango pulp, ground cinnamon, vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  4. Fold in the flour into the above batter.
  5. Drop 12 moulds of batter, spaced evenly, onto each cookie sheet.
  6. Bake until sparingly to the touch, about 10 minutes.
  7. Transfer to a rack to cool completely.
For Making Frosting
  1. Using an electric mixer, cream the softened butter with the cream cheese.
  2. Mix in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract on low speed.
  3. Then beat on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
Making the whoopie pies
  1. Spread the flat side of one mango cake with the cream cheese frosting and top with another mango cake. Repeat this with other mango cakes.
Notes
You could make pumpkin whoopie pies, by substituting pumpkin puree for mango pulp.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/mango-whoopie-pies/