Chocolate Whoopie Pies with Peanut Butter Filling

I had some peanut butter buttercream left-over from the cupcakes I made yesterday, and decided to make chocolate whoopie pies, because I've been seeing them everywhere lately and wanted to try.
I think this is almost the same as the buttercream I used. It should make enough, although I'm not positive because I'm not sure how much I used.

I used this for the whoopie pies. I added 1/4 cup of malt because I add it to almost anything chocolate :P
I'm not a huge fan of chocolate cake, but I still thought they were fairly good. My sisters loved them, haha. Definetely worth making if you like chocolate and peanut butter. Another nice thing about them is that they are incredibly moist and easy to wrap individually in saran wrap.
I think I got about 35 individual cookies, so 17 1/2 sandwhich cookies.
Enjoy! :)

Peanut Butter Buttercream Filled Double Fudge Chocolate Cupcakes

Whew that's a long title!
I went to my grandparent's house today to help bake for Thanksgiving (she bakes so early and then freezes everything), and we made Peanut Butter Buttercream Filled Double Fudge Chocolate Cupcakes. The recipe is from Second Helpings by Johnnie Gabriel. The original recipe wasn't filled but I wanted to do this month's Sugar High Friday, which is desserts with a hidden surprise. So I made these filled :D Unfortunatly, I did not get a picture of the inside :(
I don't have the recipe online since I got it from a cookbook, but it was delicious and I'd imagine most of the other recipes in there are too. I looked through it and oh my goodness yum.
The cake part is very good, it uses coffee in the recipe which you can't taste but it give it a darker taste. It's also very moist. The frosting is amazing, so inredibly fluffy and creamy and just amazing. I wish you could see the inside, but you can just imagine :P
I used my grandmother's kitchenaid... I've never used one before and oooh my goodness it was amazing. Going back to our 15+ year old hand held mixer is going to be tough xD






Also, I think I'm going to try to cook my way through some kind of cookbook. Haven't decided which one yet. I've been inspired by Julie&Julia :P I'm thinking "Giada's Family Dinners", because my family loves Italian food so I know it'd get eaten xD

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Peanut butter cookies

I made these the other day for a friend who had never had peanut butter cookies before and he loved them. I had a couple too, and I have to say they were pretty awesome :P

Peanut butter cookies
adapted from Crisco.com



1 cup peanut butter
1/4 quarter cup shortening (I used Crisco just because that's what we had)
1/4 quarter cup butter, very soft
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Note: The original recipe actually called for 3 tbs milk, but I forgot about it xD I don't really think it effected the recipe.

HEAT oven to 350°F. Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, butter, and vanilla in large bowl. Mix until well blended. Add egg. Mix just until blended.

2.COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt. Mix into wet ingredients just until blended. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2-inches apart onto greased baking sheet. Flatten slightly in a crisscross pattern with tines of fork. If the fork gets stuck, get it wet. I always just have a cup of water right there when I make peanut butter cookies.

3.BAKE 7 to 8 minutes, or until set and just beginning to brown. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to cooling racks to cool completely.