Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Ingredients:

• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 ½ cups solid pack pumpkin puree
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ tbsps ground cinnamon
• ½ tbsp ground ginger
• ½ tbsp ground cloves
• 1 egg white
• 2 tbsps milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• ¾ cup shortening

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
2. Combine the oil and brown sugar. Mix in the pumpkin and eggs, beating well. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Mix well.
3. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes.
4. Let cookies cool then make sandwiches from two cookies filled with whoopie pie filling.
5. For whoopie pie filling: Beat egg white and mix with the milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup of the confectioners' sugar. Mix well then beat in the shortening and the remaining cup of confectioners' sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.