Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Give your Halloween some extra "whoop" with these moist and tasty little pumpkin cream filled-cookies. You'll fall in love with fall all over again!

Ingredients:

2 cups packed brown sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

1 ½ cups solid pack pumpkin puree

2 eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon

½ tablespoon ground ginger

½ tablespoon ground cloves

Filling:

1 stick softened butter

8oz package of softened cream cheese

3 cups powered sugar

2 tbsp maple syrup

2 tsp vanilla

 Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheets.
2. Combine the oil and brown sugar. Mix in the pumpkin and eggs, beating well. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Mix well.
3. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool then make sandwiches from two cookies filled with Whoopie Pie Filling.
4. To Make Whoopie Pie Filling: Beat cream cheese, butter maples syrup and vanilla with 3 cups powdered sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.