Recipe: Whoopie Pies [edit]

Other Names: Black-and-White, Bob, Gob

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Edited by: The Duo Dishes, Barnaby Dorfman, Helen Pitlick, Brandon Low, Sarah Donnell, Jessica, Sudha, Melissa Peterman, Melanie Yunk, Alisa Escanlar

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A whoopie pie (alternatively called a gob, black-and-white, bob, or "BFO" for Big Fat Oreo) is a baked good made of two round mound-shaped pieces of chocolate cake, sometimes pumpkin cake, with a sweet, creamy frosting sandwiched between them. While considered a New England phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition, they are increasingly sold throughout the United States. According to food historians, Amish women would bake these and put them in farmers' lunchboxes. When farmers would find these treats in their lunch, they would shout "Whoopie!"

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Tags: Dessert, Sweet

Yield: 24 servings

[edit] Ingredients

½	cup shortening
½	cup shortening
¼	cup butter
1 ½	cups confectioners' sugar
1	cup marshmallow fluff
½	teaspoon vanilla
1	cup sugar
1	egg
½	cup cocoa
2	cups flour
1 ½	teaspoons baking soda
½	teaspoon salt
1	cup milk
1	teaspoon vanilla

[edit] Preparation

Step 1	CAKE: Cream shortening, sugar, egg and cocoa together. Sift flour, soda and salt together. Add alternately with milk and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonful onto ungreased sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool.
Step 2	FILLING: Beat shortening, butter and confectioners' sugar together until creamy. Add marshmallow and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Spread filling between two cooled cakes. Serve.