Pumpkin Moon Pies Recipes

MOON PIES

Steps:

• For the cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the graham crumbs, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. In another large bowl, beat the sugar and butter with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and egg and beat to combine. Add the graham mixture and beat to incorporate. Knead with your hands to bring the dough together into a ball.
• Flatten the dough into a disk, place it on a piece of parchment paper and roll with a rolling pin into an 11-inch circle, about 1/4 inch thick. Use a 3-inch round cookie cutter to cut out 8 cookies. Reroll the scraps to 1/4 inch and cut out 2 more cookies. Transfer the cookies to the prepared baking sheet. Discard the dough scraps.
• Bake the cookies until the undersides are golden brown and the tops are just set, 9 to 10 minutes. Cool completely on a rack.
• Put about 2 tablespoons of marshmallow creme in the center of a cookie (do not spread) and top with a second cookie to make a sandwich. The creme will ooze to fill the sandwich as it sits. Repeat with the remaining cookies, then freeze until the creme is firm, about 20 minutes.
• For the glaze: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place a cooling rack on top. Line a second baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly oil the paper.
• Put the chocolate candy coating in a heatsafe bowl (the smallest, deepest bowl it can fit in without surpassing the rim). Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted and smooth, about 2 minutes.
• Submerge a cookie sandwich in the melted chocolate and pull it out using 2 forks, letting the excess drip off. Transfer to the prepared cooling rack and sprinkle with sanding sugar. Transfer to the oiled parchment on the second baking sheet to set. Repeat with the remaining cookie sandwiches.

PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• 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.
• Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool then make sandwiches from two cookies filled with Whoopie Pie Filling.
• To Make 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.

PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• For cookie-cakes:
• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and spices in a bowl.
• Whisk together sugar, oil, pumpkin, egg, and vanilla in a separate large bowl until well combined, then stir in flour mixture.
• Using a 1-ounce ice cream scoop or tablespoon measure, drop a scant scoop's worth of batter or 2 scant tablespoons of batter onto a lined baking sheet to form 1 mound. Make 15 more mounds, arranging them 2 inches apart until baking sheet is full (you will have batter left over).
• Bake until springy to the touch, 12 to 18 minutes. Transfer cookie-cakes to rack to cool.
• Form and bake remaining batter on the other parchment-lined sheet. You should have a total of 32 cookie-cakes.
• Leave oven on.
• For candied pecans:
• Line a small sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Stir together sugar, salt, and 1/2 tablespoon water in a small saucepan. Heat over moderate heat until sugar dissolves, then bring to a boil. Stir in pecans.
• Spread mixture on lined sheet pan and bake until coating is bubbling and golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• Cool completely on pan on a rack.
• Coarsely chop candied pecans.
• For filling:
• While cookie-cakes are baking, beat cream cheese, butter, and salt in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar and bourbon and mix on low speed until smooth.
• Chill filling until firm enough to hold its shape when spread, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Assemble whoopie pies:
• Spread 1 heaping tablespoon of filling each on flat side of half the cooled cookie-cakes, then top with other half of cookie-cakes. If necessary, chill whoopie pies just long enough to firm up filling again, about 30 minutes.
• Gently press pecans onto filling around middle of each whoopie pie to help them adhere to filling.

PUMPKIN MOON PIES

Steps:

• For the cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
• Mix together the spice cake mix and pumpkin puree until everything is incorporated.
• Drop the mixture onto a greased cookie sheet or a Silpat in large tablespoonfuls. Flatten slightly with wet fingers and bake for 12 minutes.
• For the filling: Mix the cream cheese and powdered sugar together in a bowl with a hand mixer until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula a few times.
• In a small bowl, microwave the two white chocolate baking squares and milk on high for one minute. Stir until smooth and then slowly beat into the cream cheese mixture.
• Fold in the Cool Whip.
• When the cookies are baked and have cooled, sandwich two together with the cream cheese fluff.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP WHOOPIE PIES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Mix the brown sugar and oil.
• Add eggs and pumpkin, and mix.
• Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and mix.
• Stir in chocolate chips and scoop (or pipe) 2 tbsp at a time onto a baking sheet.
• Beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla extract.
• Spread onto half of the cooled cookies, and top with the rest of the cookies.
• Enjoy!

PECAN-PUMPKIN SPICE MOON PIES

Steps:

• Line a half sheet tray with parchment paper so that it hangs over the edges on all sides by about 2" (this will make the marshmallows easier to remove from the pan). Spray paper with nonstick cooking spray and dust generously with powdered sugar.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, sprinkle gelatin over ? Celsius cold water and set aside to bloom. Meanwhile, combine sugar, corn syrup, and salt with ? Celsius water in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and continue cooking syrup until it reaches 240 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat.
• With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the syrup into the dissolved gelatin. Increase speed to high and whip until very thick and glossy, about 15 minutes. Add vanilla and pumpkin pie spice and mix until thoroughly combined. Using gel paste food coloring, tint marshmallow mixture to a pale orange.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan, dust top generously with powdered sugar, and allow to sit for at least four hours. When marshmallows are set, turn out of pan onto a clean work surface dusted with powdered sugar, and peel off parchment. Using a 2 ½" ring mold or cookie cutter dusted with powdered sugar, cut out marshmallow rounds. Store wrapped in plastic or in an airtight container if not using immediately.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a food processor, finely grind the pecans together with the sugars. Add flour and salt to food processor and pulse to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, then add egg and vanilla and process until the dough comes together.
• Lightly dust a clean work surface with flour and turn the dough out. Form into a ball and then flatten into a disc, working in some of the flour from the table as needed. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill about 30 minutes in the freezer, or 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Remove dough from plastic wrap and roll out to about ?" thick with a rolling pin, dusting work surface, dough, and rolling pin with flour as necessary to prevent sticking. Using a 2 ½" round cookie cutter or ring mold, cut out cookies. Space about an inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets, then bake, rotating once halfway through, 8-10 minutes (cookies should be slightly undercooked).
• Allow to cool completely before decorating.
• When cookies are ready, heat candy melts in a medium glass bowl in the microwave in 15-30 second increments, stirring after each, until completely smooth, thinning with 1 T. melted shortening at a time until candy melts reach a nice dipping consistency. Dip half of cookies into mixture, allowing excess to drip off, then place on a wire cooling rack set over a parchment-lined half sheet tray. Allow candy to set slightly before decorating with assorted sprinkles. If desired, mix a little gold highlighter with a small amount of vodka in a small bowl and splatter cookies with "paint." Allow to set completely, at least 30 minutes.
• To assemble, carefully spread remaining undecorated cookies with 1 t. apple butter. Place a marshmallow round on top of the apple butter, then sandwich together with decorated cookies, using a dab of apple butter on the underside of each as glue. Moon pies are best served immediately once assembled.

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Steps:

• For the pie shell: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Toss together the crumbs and butter in a medium bowl to moisten. Press the mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9½-inch deep-dish pie pan. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes to firm up the butter. Bake in the center of the oven for about 10 minutes, or until just set and fragrant. Place on a wire rack to cool to room temperature., For the filling: In a medium bowl using a handheld mixer, beat the cream cheese, peanut butter, and confectioners' sugar on medium speed until well-blended and smooth., In another medium bowl, beat the cream and vanilla on high speed until it holds firm peaks. Beat the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture on low speed. Pour the filling into the crust and smooth the top. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or until set., For the topping: In a large bowl using the handheld mixer, beat the cream and confectioners' sugar on high speed until it holds soft peaks. Add the marshmallow cream and beat to firm peaks. Scoop the topping into a pastry bag fitted with a fluted tip and pipe it decoratively over the filling., Nestle the halved MoonPies into the whipped cream and sprinkle with the grated chocolate.