This is a recipe from the September issue of
Martha Stewart Living magazine. It is a delicious banana cookie with a cake-like texture with a sweet cream cheese filling sandwiched in between.
Banana Whoopie Pies
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 large ripe banana
1/2 cup sour cream
1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
Filling:
16 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup confectioners sugar, plus more for dusting
Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
1.Combine flour baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2. In another bowl, combine banana and sour cream.
3. Beat butter with granulated and brown sugars with a mixer on medium high speed until pale and creamy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla, beating until incorporated.
4. Combine with banana and flour mixture in a large bowl.
5. Transfer batter to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch plain tip. Pipe batter into 1- 1/4-inch rounds on baking sheets, spacing about 1- 1/2 inches apart.
6. Bake until edges are golden brown, about 12 minutes. Slide parchment, with cookies, onto wire racks. Let cool. (Unfilled cookies can be stored for up to one day).
7. Beat cream cheese, vanilla, and confectioners sugar until creamy.
8. Pipe or spoon 1 tbsp cream cheese mixture onto the flat sides of half the cookies. Sandwich with remaining cookies. Dust with confectioners sugar.
Combine dry ingredients in one bowl and banana and sour cream in another:
Combine sugars, butter, and vanilla and beat until pale and creamy:
Transfer batter into a pastry bag. This gadget came from
Williams Sonoma:
Pipe onto parchment covered baking sheets:
This is how they look before and after baking:
A cool Martha trick, which I will do again, is to transfer the parchment onto a cooling rack with the cookies on it:
Spoon or pipe the filling onto the flat side of the cookie and sandwich them together:
Dust with confectioners sugar either before or after the sandwiching process. It will work either way.
Mmmm.... They are yummy.
Pictured here is Jennifer (J-Lo), and Allison, the guest of honor:
Everyone came and went as they could, and as their pagers would permit. Here are some of her guests:
Everyone brought food and it was yummy:
She got lots of nice gifts:
Place the slices onto a baking sheet. We covered it with foil:
Be a good cook and pretty at the same time:
Make sure the topping adheres properly:
Go visit Amby's website, The Knit Owl, to see her creations. She is amazing! And I'm not just saying that because we are related. She is starting a new blog soon, and is open to title suggestions.
This is a recipe from the September issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine. It is a delicious banana cookie with a cake-like texture with a sweet cream cheese filling sandwiched in between.
Combine sugars, butter, and vanilla and beat until pale and creamy:
Transfer batter into a pastry bag. This gadget came from Williams Sonoma:
Pipe onto parchment covered baking sheets:
This is how they look before and after baking:
A cool Martha trick, which I will do again, is to transfer the parchment onto a cooling rack with the cookies on it:
Spoon or pipe the filling onto the flat side of the cookie and sandwich them together:
Dust with confectioners sugar either before or after the sandwiching process. It will work either way.
Mmmm.... They are yummy.
Pour water into the baking dish about 1/2 " deep:
Fill greased ramekins:
Place in oven and bake for 40-50 minutes or until set. Chill for 8 hours or overnight.
Sprinkle a generous amount of turbinado sugar on top.
Broil for about 5 minutes or until nicely browned. The top should be hard to the touch.
This is a wonderful dessert to serve to company.
No supply list or instructions, just the picture. That was pretty frustrating. I made several changes, one being the basket itself. This was going to be a baby shower decoration and I wanted it to be nice. So why not a nicer basket? Also notice the wheels. Wooden wheels are way cooler than felt ones. I was able to find the wheels and all my other supplies for this project at Hobby Lobby.
Using the wire, we made a frame on one side of the basket. After that, we applied hot glue to the underside of the handle, attached the fabric, and then flipped the fabric it over the wire to make the canopy. Then I tucked under the edges of the fabric around the outside rim of the basket and hot glued it on.
I covered the buttons with buzzy bee contrasting fabric and glued them onto the wheels. Then I hot glued them onto the basket.
