Oatmeal whoopie pies with cherry-cream cheese filling

The pie may look craggy and thick .....

But it's soooo darn good and the pink colored filling looks pretty , isn't it ?!   ....

The cinnamon flavored cakey cookies tastes simply yummy ....

And don't let me start about the filling ....

What would you expect if you combine homemade cherry sauce and cream cheese anyway ! lol

I never thought making whoopie pies could be this easy .....

The dough didn't spread that much and I should have flatten the top of the dough before baking it , to have a much more even top pffft .....

I used lard instead of shortening , maybe that contributes to a more compact and thick cookies ....

That said , should I say yummy , again ?! lol

Original recipe @ The Pioneer Woman

I made half of the recipe

3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup / 56 grams unsalted butter , softened
scant 2 tablespoon lard
1 egg
scant 1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tablespoon boiling water
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
generous 1 cup quick oats

* Preheat oven to 350°C / 180°F .
* Cream the first 3 ingredients ; add the egg and mix . Add in salt , cinnamon and baking powder , mix . Combine baking soda and boiling water then add to the bowl and stir until combine ; add flour and oatmeal and mix well .
* Scoop about a rounded heaping teaspoon of dough onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes , I baked mine for 11 minutes .

For the quick and easy cherry-cream cheese filling :

* Combine 90 grams ( because that's all have ) cream cheese , about 1/3 cup of homemade cherry sauce ( with cherry pieces ) and 1 1/2 tablespoons icing sugar in a bowl and beat until smooth ( though mine's not that smooth :D ) . Put a large dollop of the filling into the flat side of one cooled cakey cookies , top with a second piece and press gently ; repeat with the rest .

I'm submitting this post to the Bake Along # 31 co-hosted by Joyce of Kitchen Flavours , Lena of Frozen Wings and Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids



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