Name: Vanilla whoopie pies
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 125 gram (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened; 2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 cup (110g) caster (superfine) sugar; 1 egg; 1 1/4 cup (185g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1/4 cup (35g) self-raising flour; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 2/3 cup (160ml) buttermilk; Butter cream filling; 60 gram (2 ounces) unsalted butter, softened; 3/4 cup (120g) icing (confectioners') sugar; 1 tablespoon milk

Ingredients

125 gram (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup (110g) caster (superfine) sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 cup (185g) plain (all-purpose) flour

1/4 cup (35g) self-raising flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)

2/3 cup (160ml) buttermilk

Butter cream filling

60 gram (2 ounces) unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup (120g) icing (confectioners') sugar

1 tablespoon milk

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Grease and line oven trays with baking paper.

2.Beat butter, extract, sugar and egg in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.

3.Beat in sifted dry ingredients and buttermilk in two batches, on low speed, until mixture is smooth.

4.Drop level tablespoons of mixture onto trays, 4cm (1½ inches) apart. Bake about 8 minutes. Cool on trays.

5.To make butter cream filling; beat butter in small bowl with electric mixer until white as possible. Gradually beat in half the sifted icing sugar and the milk; beat in remaining sifted icing sugar. Join cooled pies with butter cream filling.

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