Basic pumpkin pie spice substitutes won't have nearly the same complexity of flavors, but will work in a pinch.
Pumpkin Sandwich Cookies
Pumpkin spice earned the name pumpkin spice because it was originally used in cakes and pies that contained pumpkin.
Recipe Summary Pumpkin Sandwich Cookies
These pumpkin whoopie pies are sandwich cookies filled with a creamy cinnamon-flavored cream cheese filling.Ingredients | Pumpkin Pie Spice Substitute
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Ā½ teaspoon baking powder
Ā½ teaspoon salt
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
Ā½ cup LAND O LAKESĀ® Butter, softened
Ā½ cup mashed cooked pumpkin
Ā¼ cup milk
1 LAND O LAKESĀ® Egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons LAND O LAKESĀ® Butter, softened
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
Powdered sugar
Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and salt in bowl. Set aside.
Combine brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Add pumpkin, milk, egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until well mixed. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed until well mixed.
Drop batter by level measuring tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 9-10 minutes or until set and lightly browned around edges. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely.
Combine all filling ingredients except powdered sugar in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth. Gradually add 4 cups powdered sugar, beating well after each addition until creamy.
Spread 2 teaspoons filling onto bottom-side of 1 cookie. Top with another cookie, bottom-side down. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling. Sprinkle filled cookies with powdered sugar.
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Info | Pumpkin Pie Spice Substitute
prep:
30 mins
additional:
45 mins
total:
1 hr 15 mins
Servings:
30
Yield:
30 cookies
TAG : Pumpkin Sandwich Cookies
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