This recipe is for my Grandma Loretta’s famous whoopie pies. When my grandmother passed away, my mother inherited her little treasure chest filled with recipes — all handwritten on note cards. I stumbled upon these cards and decided to try making these delicious morsels myself. The recipe makes about 14 whoopie pies — just enough for a lovely little treat.
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Hershey’s cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1 cup milk
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting:
2 egg whites
2 cups confectioner’s sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
Beat until smooth
My grandmother’s instructions, verbatim:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake 5 to 7 minutes.
Sift dry ingredients
Cream shortening and sugar; add egg yolks
Add dry ingredients; add milk
Author Note: Having seen my grandmother make these, the next step is to form the batter into 28 large spoonfuls and drop onto an ungreased baking sheet. Then bake for 5-7 minutes. Let cool and then frost!
Lindsay Connors is a student at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., majoring in English with a minor in communications. She has written articles for the Woburn Advocate and drafted endowment reports for the Lahey Clinic.
