Wow! They were amazingly rich! I will have to make them smaller and use less filling next time. I compared this recipe with one that my mother had used and made a modification in the amount of flour. The texture was perfect - so moist! I also added espresso powder and baked a for a little less time than the last ones. I made the same marshmallow filling, but was going for a darker color. The filling ended up being a pretty raspberry pink, but was not what I had wanted as far as color.
So, in the next round of whoopie pies I am going to try a different filling recipe and do some food color experimenting. I may also try the recipe that my mother had used - it uses coffee rather than espresso powder, so they may not be as rich. There is only one way to find out!
Last night I made Pistachio Gelato! The difficult part of the recipe was finding pistachio cream/paste. I found the recipe almost 2 months ago, and last weekend found the pistachio cream at Williams Sonoma. We had checked at specialty food stores, Central Market, and an Italian market; I was about to order off of Amazon when a quick trip in to WS produced the little green jar of gold.
The recipe was not complicated and the result was delicious! I did not take a picture for two reasons; 1. I had two people eagerly awaiting their surprise dessert, and 2. it just looked like green ice cream in white bowls. I will have to think about the photo staging for the next batch.
As we have a birthday coming up in our household, there will be chocolate cake in the near future.
I also have 1 more Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe to try out, along with a few other Test Kitchen Trials.
So many things I want to make, but only so many taste testers!
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I will always be a taste tester for you :)
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