Description
Apple Cider Whoopie Pies are a delightful fall dessert featuring soft cakes infused with apple cider, rolled in cinnamon-sugar, and filled with a luscious brown sugar filling.
Ingredients
- 2½ cups apple cider
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup apple butter
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoon salted butter, melted
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons heavy cream
Cakes
Topping
Filling
Instructions
- Prepare Reduction: Boil apple cider until reduced to ¼ cup, then cool.
- Prepare Dry Ingredients: Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, spices in a bowl.
- Make Batter: Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, apple butter, and cider reduction. Mix in dry ingredients.
- Bake Cakes: Scoop dough onto baking sheet, bake until set.
- Coat Cakes: Mix cinnamon sugar, brush cakes with butter, coat in sugar mixture.
- Make Filling: Cream butter and sugar, add powdered sugar, vanilla, and cream. Fill cakes and sandwich.
- Storage: Wrap individually and store at room temperature or freeze if desired.
Notes
- Do not substitute apple sauce for apple butter.
- Store whoopie pies individually wrapped for best freshness.
- If freezing, omit cinnamon sugar topping to prevent stickiness upon thawing.
- Recipe adapted from Downeast Magazine.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pie
- Calories: 383 kcal
- Sugar: 39g
- Sodium: 199mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 57g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
