Apple Cider Whoopie Pies with Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Filling
Experience the cozy fall flavors of apple cider whoopie pies! This decadent dessert is a perfect autumn treat and will impress your guests beyond belief.
Ingredients
For the Cookie Cakes
- 1-1/2 cups Einkorn Flour or regular All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Nutmeg
- ¼ tsp Cloves
- 6 Tbsp Unsalted Butter at room temperature
- ½ cup Dark Brown Sugar packed
- 1 Egg at room temperature
- ½ cup Apple Butter
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
For the Filling
- 8 oz. Cream Cheese at room temperature
- 6 Tbsp Unsalted Butter at room temperature
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- ½ cup Ghirardelli Salted Caramel Sauce or sauce made from scratch
Instructions
For the Cookie Cakes
- Preheat oven to 350°
- In a large bowl cream the butter and brown sugar together for about 2 minutes. Add the egg, apple butter, and vanilla and mix until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. Note that the mixture will look like it is separated, but this is normal and ok.
- In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix just until combined. Be careful not to overmix.
- Chill the batter in the fridge for 30 minutes. This will help the wet ingredients absorb into the flour.
- Drop batter by 1.5 Tbsp scoops onto prepared baking sheets leaving at least 2” of space between each scoop of batter so they have room to spread.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until they are firm to the touch and the edges start to brown. Remove from oven and cool on a baking sheet for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the Filling
- Beat the cream cheese and butter in a bowl until well combined.
- Slowly beat in the powdered sugar until smooth.
- Add the caramel sauce and mix until combined.
Assembling the Whoopie Pies
- Use a 1.5 Tbsp cookie scoop to add 1 to 2 scoops of filling onto the flat side of a cookie cake.
- Place the flat side of another cookie cake on top and press down gently to sandwich them together.
Notes
NOTES:
This will yield roughly (20) twenty 2 ½”-3” diameter cookie cakes to make (10) ten apple cider whoopie pies.
If you like the sugared texture that apple cider donuts have, you can also coat these in a cinnamon sugar mixture.
To do this combine ¼ cup of granulated sugar with ½ tsp of cinnamon. Sprinkle this mixture over the tops of the cookie cakes before you add the filling.
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