Pumpkin Cream Pies

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

I found a pumpkin whoopie pie recipe on Martha Stewart's website, but I changed it up quite a bit. It was a huge hit on Thanksgiving. They are yummy, but not healthy at all. Of course you could definitely substitute applesauce for butter, splenda for sugar, and use wheat flour, but for Thanksgiving I didn't. Here is the recipe I made:

Cookie/Cakes

1 stick softened unsalted butter

1/2 cup oil
1 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 can pure pumpkin puree
2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour

Filling

2 sticks softened cream cheese ( I did use the 1/3 less fat kind)

1 Jar Marshmallow cream

1/2 cup butter softned

1 box confectioners' sugar (you can use less if you don't want it to be too sweet)

2 Tablespoons Milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream together sugar and oil. Add eggs and pumpkin. Gradually add sifted dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Drop by tablespoonsful (the best thing to use is a small ice cream scoop) on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool cookies.

Beat together all filling ingredients together frost the bottom of one cookie and sandwich another cookie on top.

Chill for at least 20 minutes.

Lighter Chocolate Chip Cookies

So I've kinda turned this into a baking and cooking blog, but I do intend to write more about life stuff but for now here is a recipe I created. Of course they are no Martha Stewart or Mrs. Fields, but they are pretty yummy for a lighter dessert. =)

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Butter

1/2 Cup Applesauce

1 Cup White Sugar (Substitute can be made here, I used 1/2 sugar and 1/2 splenda)

1 Cup Splenda Brown Sugar Mix

2 Eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 Cups white flour (brown flour can be substituted, but white tastes better) =)

2 Cups oat (oatmeal, ground finely can be done slowly in blender)

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 bag of semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 bag white chocolate chips (or whatever variety you prefer)

Directions:

Cream together the first four ingredients

Then mix in eggs and vanilla

In a separate bowl mix together all dry ingredients then slowly add them to wet ingredients

Fold in chocolate chips (At this point I divided dough into two portions, and added white chocolate chips into only one portion)

Refrigerate for at least an hour covered

Roll into 1 tablespoonfull balls. Flatten and place on greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degree preheated oven for 7-10 minutes . Cool on rack

Makes about 3 dozen cookies

ENJOY =)