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Friday, October 4, 2013

German Chocolate Whoopie Pies

Ingredients

     Cookies
        2 cups flour
        5 Tbl cocoa
       1 1/4 tap baking pwd
        1 tsp soda
        1/2 cup butter
        1 cup sugar
        2 egg yolks
        1/2 Tbl vanilla
        1 cup milk

     Filling
        1 cup sugar
        1/4 tsp salt
        3/4 cup evaporated milk
        2 egg yolks
        3/4 tsp vanilla
        3/4 cup butter
        2 cups toasted flake coconut
        2 cups toasted pecans, chopped

 Directions:
        Preheat oven 375 and line cookie sheet with parchment paper
        Combine butter, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla mix until well blended.  Alternate dry
        ingredients with milk 2x.  Mix well.  Place small ball of dough on cookie sheet and bake 7-9
        min.  For filling add all ingredients except coconut and pecans to a med saucepan.  Cook until
       temp reaches 170.  add coconut and pecans.  Chill  
    
Assemble
       Turn cookies bottom side.  on half of cookies put spoonful on top.  Press to spread out almost
       to edge.  On the other half place a spoonful of ganache.  Place one filled cookie on top of ganahe
       topped cookie and garnish

Ganache: Place 1 cup bittersweet chocolate pieces and 1/2 cup whipping cream in bowl and micro wave until almost melted.  Stir until smooth.