Mini Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
By: BigFatBaker
Published: Friday, April 1, 2011 - 7:59pm

Ingredients




2 cups organic flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened organic cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup organic butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
red food coloring
7 ounces marshmallow fluff
8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
1/4 cup butter, softened

Preparation

1 In a bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. 2 In a large bowl or in the bowl of your stand mixer, beat the butter for about 30 seconds. 3 Beat in the brown sugar until it is light and fluffy. 4 Mix in the egg and vanilla. 5 Alternately add the flour mix, and buttermilk. I did the flour in thirds, and the buttermilk in half. Mix until just combined. 6 Stir in the food coloring. I have gel food coloring so I used little tiny dabs of that until I reached my desired red. If you are using the food coloring liquid, it takes about a whole full bottle to get the red dark enough. 7 Preheat the oven to 375º F. Line your cookie sheets. 8 I then scooped my batter into a decorating bag and squeezed small circles on to my baking sheet. I made the circles an inch or less in diameter. They don’t spread very much so you can fit a decent amount on one cookie sheet. 9 I baked the mini cookies for 5-7 minutes, then allowed to cool while I made the frosting. 10 To Make the Frosting: 11 Simply beat together the cream cheese, butter, and marshmallow cream until smooth. 12 I filled a decorating bag with one of my favorite tips, and piped the filling onto the cookies and sandwiched them together.