Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Lavender Frosting

Dear Diary,

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Just kidding

Hi everyone I hope you enjoyed my little intro. 

Last night I had to make some treats for my school end of the semester party, so I decided to make a delicious recipe for all of lovely classmates. Inspired by the festive pumpkin flavors of the holiday season I made pumpkin whoopie pies with cream cheese lavender frosting.

(adapted from Lottie and Doof.com)

To make little delicious treats you need:

- 3 cans of puréed pumpkin (you can get this at most grocery stores; its usually with the canned foods)

- 2 cups of brown sugar

- 3 cups of flour 

- 2 tablespoons cinnamon

-1 teaspoon ground ginger

- 1 teaspoon salt

-1 teaspoon baking powder

-1 teaspoon baking soda

- 1 teaspoon cloves

-1 cup vegetable oil

-2 large eggs ( i prefer brown eggs0

-2 tsp vanilla extract

To begin preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 

Spray two cookie sheets with non stick Pam oil and set aside. 

In a large mixing bowl add all the dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda,

ground ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Mix all these ingredients together until fully incorporated.

In a smaller mixing bowl add the pumpkin puree, brown sugar, and oil. I would use a whisk or masher to blend these together until fully combined (should look a dark orange/brown), and then add the eggs and vanilla.

Pour the pumpkin mix into the dry ingredients bowl and mix until batter is fully incorporated. 

With an ice cream scooper, scoop small amounts of batter about an 1 1/2 inches apart onto the pre-greesed cookie sheets.

Cook for about 15-17 minutes or until you can stick a toothpick in the top and no batter comes out. 

For the lavender frosting (I used store bought cream cheese frosting)

- 2 cans cream cheese frosting (the Betty Crocker kind is delicious)

- 1 pack or a bunch of fresh lavender- enough for about 1 cup of tea

- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

In a tea pot, steep 1/2 cup of cut up fresh lavender into 2 cups of hot water until the tea tastes like strong lavender. 

Chill the tea. 

Once tea has completely chilled mix the tea into the frosting and add the vanilla for sweetening. 

Chill mixture and spread in between the layers of the whoopie pie.

Enjoy xoEm