Seems like I’m on a run of classics lately. I’m not sure what it is, but when I’m not feeling well I seem to go back to basics. For this one I used Martha Stewart’s pumpkin whoopie pie recipe.
The only thing I changed was to add 4 tablespoons of homemade caramel to the filling and finished the pumpkin whoopie pies with a caramel glaze and some crushed toffee for a little crunch.
I’m keeping this one short because as I mentioned I’m not feeling all that great and hoping the weekend will help me recover.
Pumpkin Caramel Whoopie Pie
Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients:
Pumpkin whoopie cookie
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon ground cloves
- 2 cups firmly packed dark-brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups pumpkin puree, chilled
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Filling
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Glaze
- 1 1/2 cup confectioner sugar
- 2 tablespoon milk
- 3 tabelspoon caramel
Directions:
For directions to making the pumpkin whoopie cake and cream cheese filling click here.
To make glaze:
- Place confectioner sugar and milk in a bowl and mix until smooth. Add caramel and mix until well blended.
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Love these, especially the glaze and crunchy toffee bits. Hope you feel better soon!
Aww rest up good this week! I wish you a fast recovery .
These are so cute; that icing and topping really makes these special.
These look gorgeous. I love the crushed toffee on top – the perfect finish!
Presentation so cute too..Love the stamp:)
These are so cute and I love the caramel and toffee chunks! Take a day or two off and feel better!
I love two cookies in one! Especially with frosting! Hope you feel better soon!
Sorry to bother you when you aren’t feeling well, but I would like to make these this week for our Halloween party and noticed you mentioned adding 4 tablespoons of caramel to the filling, but it’s not listed in the ingredients. Do you just mix in some caramel sauce ou do you melt caramels and add them?
I hope you get some rest and feel better soon.
naomi replied: — October 29th, 2013 @ 10:22 am
Hi Beth – I used homemade caramel sauce, but store bought or melted caramels will work fine as well.
Hope you feel better!
Gorgeous, as always! Love these!
I hope you feel better! Being sick is no fun.
These whoopie pies look delicious!
These are delicious-looking and gorgeously-photographed as usual, Naomi!
Hope you feel better soon!
Simply stunning! And I hope you feel better!
This is roughly the recipe I’ve used, too, when I made pumpkin whoopie pies but I always halve it because they’re too tempting otherwise
Yours are gorg! Pinned! (and congrats again!!!!!!!)
I make pumpkin whoopie pies each year, but never with a caramel glaze. Looks good!
I made these for a shower and they were a huge hit! The flavor was out of this world! Im planning to make a layered cake for thanksgiving and one of the layers in pumpkin, do you think this recipe would work for a cake?