Snowflake whoopie pies - recipe
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Prepare
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Cook
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Skill
Medium
Ingredients
For the pies
- 100 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 175 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) medium
- 350 g Plain white flour
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 100 ml Milk (whole)
For the buttercream filling
- 50 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 200 g Icing sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
For the icing
- 150 g Icing sugar
- 2 tsp Water
- 50 g White sugar paste icing
- Silver balls
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Heat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C, gas mark 5). Line three baking trays with baking parchment.
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Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, beat in the egg until smooth.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 175g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) medium
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Stir in all the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, salt, vanilla extract and milk to make a soft thick mixture.
For this step you'll need:
- 350g Plain white flour
- 1tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 1tsp Baking powder
- pinch Salt
- 1tsp Vanilla extract
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Using an ice cream scoop place spoonfuls of the mix well spaced apart and bake for fifteen minutes until golden brown and just firm to the touch. Allow to cool for five minutes before moving to a tray to cool.
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To make the filling, beat the butter, icing sugar and vanilla together until smooth, adding a drop of boiling water if necessary. Use the buttercream to sandwich the whoopies together.
For this step you'll need:
- 50g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 150g Icing sugar
- 1tsp Vanilla extract
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To make the icing, mix the icing sugar with a couple of teaspoons of water to make a very thick icing and drizzle it over the whoopies.
For this step you'll need:
- 150g Icing sugar
- 2tsp Water
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Dust a work surface and thinly roll out the ready to roll icing. Use a snowflake cutter to cut out little snowflakes and place on top of the whoopies with edible silver balls
For this step you'll need:
- 50g White sugar paste icing
- Silver balls