Happy Valentine's Day!
Portland's historic downtown is once plastered with paper hearts, the work of the mysterious Valentine's Bandit (read more here). I'm feeling the love!
I like flowers and all (okay, I love flowers), but I still think something chocolate is the best Valentine's present. What can I say -- I'm a sucker for the sweet stuff.
This was my first time making whoopie pies, and I was pretty happy with the results by the end (let's just say the first couple pans were not as good...). The recipe comes from Moody's Diner, a coastal Maine diner known for its traditional pies as well as its whoopies.
I won't give you a whoopie play-by-play because, well, frankly I'm not very good at cooking. I will tell you that you'll need a REAAALLY big bowl and a strong mixing arm for all this dough (I may or may not have gotten chocolate all over myself). For the filling, I used a cup of shortening and a half-cup of butter, mostly because I ran out of shortening, and I thought it was divine (as much as I love chocolate, I think the filling is my favorite part!). And I gave them a little Valentine's bling.
3 comments:
Ohhh! I love the idea of an anonymous heart bandit!
And the whoppie pies?! Oh my!
Hi Mindy,
I just wanted to say hi and congrats on your new blog! I love following along with other Maine bloggers, so I will add you to my list. Those whoopie pies look amazing! I'm wishing I had one for breakfast...
xo,
- e
Thanks Shannon and Erin! I'm not much of a cook, so I surprised myself with those whoopie pies. You should both give them a try -- they're yummy!
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