Recipe Courtesy of Paula DeenJohnnie’s a fantastic baker, and her desserts, like these bite-sized red velvet whoopee pies, have won her a large, loyal following around Atlanta.
Servings: 24 Pies
Prep Time: 20-30 Minutes
Cook Time: 12-15 minutes
Difficulty: Moderate
For the pies:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups canola oil
1 teaspoon white vinegar
One 1-ounce bottle red food coloring
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
For the filling:
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening, such as Crisco
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two cookie sheets. Sift the flour, baking soda, and cocoa together. In a separate bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, food coloring, and vanilla.
Using an electric mixer, beat the sugar and eggs together until they turn pale and double in volume. Add the oil mixture and beat to combine. Add the flour mixture and buttermilk alternately in five small additions, starting and ending with the flour.
Drop the batter by teaspoons onto the baking sheets, allowing 1 inch between drops, as the cookies will spread. You’ll be making 48 cookies. Bake until the cookies are firm but not crisp, about 12 minutes. Transfer immediately to racks to cool.
To make the filling, put the flour into a medium saucepan and slowly add the milk, whisking until smooth. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly with a whisk, until very thick, about 3 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
Cream the sugar, butter, shortening, and vanilla with an electric mixer. Add the cooled flour mixture and whip until fluffy. Spread onto one cookie and top it with another to make a sandwich; repeat with the remaining cookies and filling. Cover the filled whoopee pies with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator.
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By Anonymous on March 17, 2012
SO DELICIOUS! I made these for my husband for Valentine's Day and he LOVED them. I followed the recipe exactly - the only thing I did different was I used baking mats on my pans instead of greasing them. They are SO delicious and by far the best whoopie pie I have ever had. We brought them into work to share with our co-workers and they were gone in the blink of an eye! Thanks for sharing this great recipe Paula!
By Jaime D. on February 15, 2012
OMG I am so disappointed I am not even done with the filling cause I am so upset the cookies. They horrible flat and tasteless. So sad I didn't read all the comments bellow first now My families Valentine present dessert is crap :(
By Anonymous on February 14, 2012
ONLY USE 1/2 CUP OF CANOLA OIL!!!!
By Jessie K on February 13, 2012
Awful, awful, awful. I was a fool and didnt read the comments below until after I tasted this awfulness. After making a batch of these horrible pies, I dont even want to spend my time making the another recipe of these. Dont waste your time with this recipe. Im sure Paula's version from the show is great, but this is not!
By Laurie on December 31, 2011
these whoopie pies were so easy and delicious.
By barbara marolf on December 29, 2011
First I have never made red velvet anything nor a cake from scratch for that matter. Was overall impressed with the cake part, but the filling was quite disappointing. I didn't like how the filling looked, so I had my husband try one with the filling before I filled all of them. So instead of this filling, I made cream cheese icing and sprinkled some of the pies with crushed pecans. After the filling change, they were amazing. I placed them in saran wrap, tied a bow on the with Christmas ribbon and passed them out at work. My co-workers loved them! Now I am off to make another batch to carry to Christmas dinners. Love you and your work Paula! May God bless you and your family! Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year to all!
By Brittany S. on December 23, 2011
I just made the cakes. The flavor is okay, but they are very flat. Not exactly what I wanted, but now I have no option but to use it. I love this filling, my grandma was famous for this on cakes.
But for this I'm using cream cheese, marshmallow fluff, and vanilla for something a bit different.
By Amey Cramer on December 22, 2011
DEAR Poula Deen, i am going to make woopie pie this cristmass. best woopie pie i ever make from your recipe. everytime i'm watching your program in tv i always have watery mouth while waching you baking and cookong. when you coming to our area at Hershey PA sometime this year, i wanted to come. but i never able to afford the cost i was very sad. i always want to see your show in person but I guess i can only do that in tv. i LOVE YOUR COOKING AND BAKING.
By tess on December 10, 2011
I just made these and they we're terrible. I followed the directions exactly. They kinda of just tasted like undercooked cookie dough (even though they were fully cooked) and the filling was disgusting. By far the filling takes the cake for being the grossest aspect. My family ate the cookies only after I took out this recipes filling and used peppermint ice cream. They also took a long time to make. They LOOKED exactly like the picture, but tasted horrible.
By Jane on November 23, 2011
I made these and followed the directions exactly. Not sure why all of the negative comments, but these turned out perfectly for me. They were tasty and wonderful! The only thing I did different is that I used about a quarter cup of batter because I like bigger pies.
By Kim on October 14, 2011
Awesome Recipe...After I altered it! lol. I read the other reviews before I used this recipe and made some alterations to improve it. First, one of the main problems was that the pies didn't rise. To fix this problem I substituted baking powder for the vinegar and baking soda. The acid/base chemical process between the vinegar and the b.s. is what cause the cakes to rise, baking powder has both the b.s. in side of it as well as the acid. By adding the liquid to the baking powder you start the chemical process. This means your batter should "rise" before it is cooked. You'll know if you got it right if your batter is really thick and dense. I promise after you cook it the pie will be light and fluffy. Second, a lot of ya'll complained about the taste of the cream. I fixed this by adding powdered sugar to the mixture instead of a whole cup of granulated sugar. I filled the measuring cup most of the way full and just topped it off with the powdered sugar. It was amazing! I also colored the cakes purple and the cream yellow. It is homecoming week and those are our colors. Try my alterations and prepare to be amazed! Happy Cooking MRich
By Morgan Richmond on September 20, 2011
Just tried the filling, yuck! Im scared to make the pie but ima take the reviews into consideration and try their version since the filling failed me :(
By Erika V on September 18, 2011
so easy and very tastie esp with custard... Thank you for sharing..Blessings
By chantalstewart on July 30, 2011
Okay cooks...I made these WHoopie pies and they are AMAZING!! Here's what went wrong if you followed the above recipe...First and most important is it's only 1/2 CUP CANOLA OIL!!! 2nd you need to add 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder. 3rd you need 1/2 tsp salt. These ingredients are essential in the rising process!!! You MUST beat the eggs and sugar together until it's that pale yellow color. About 3 minutes or so should do it. When you have all you wet ingredients together and have your dry ingredients SIFTED, alternate between the buttermilk and the dry ingredients making sure you end with the dry ingredients. I know it appears Paula used a ice cream scoop of batter but DO NOT DO THIS...Drop about 2 tablespoons of your batter on a greased cookie sheet. You should get 9 to 12 cookies on each sheet. I used a ice cream scoop and got flat pies. When I used a couple tablespoons of batter, they turned out perfectly. Hope this info helps you out a little. Good luck and give it another try. You wont be disappointed if you follow these simple instructions. God Luck!!!
By Paula Fruitt on July 02, 2011
I made these last night with my six year old daughter--what a blast!!! She loved the red color. They did turn out flat, but the flavor was good. I will try it with the reduced oil next time. We also had to pinch hit with the filling, but everyone in the house loved them.
By Mary Harris on July 01, 2011
I was just reading all the comments and I came across someone that said they asked the cousin if this was the right recipe and I have recorded paula deen show where she makes the pies. It is different than this written on here. Don't know if the cousin was real or what but I wanted to let you ladies know. Whatever ones in big letterings are correct...came directly from her mouth on th show. The baking powder was left out completely up above recipe...don't know why! Thoses of you having really wet filling has to much liquid...to much oil. On the show is less oil than on above recipe.
3 cups Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 1/2 TEASPOON BAKING POWDER
2 TABLESPOONS COCOA POWDER
1/2 CANOLA OIL
1 Teaspoon White Vinegar
One 1oz Bottle Red Food Coloring
1 TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 Cup of Buttermilk
Filling is the same, checked twice. I hope this helps with all the problems of wet filling and make it more tasty all around. I am going to be making these today and will comment back on how they turned out!
clearly who ever posted this recipe didn't want us to achieve it....I will find out if it was worth making ![]()
By Destiny on July 01, 2011
i was very disappointed in this recipe. Completely tasteless, flat and over all a waste of time :*(
By Brittany on June 30, 2011
Love your shows, Paula, also your sons. Wish we could visit you someday but guess that is impossible-----keep up the good shows for along time and we'll keep enjoying them and your pleasantness. Sincerely and God Best each of you. Wanda E. I'm always looking for one of your recipes!!!
By Wanda Eninger on June 29, 2011
By Wanda Eninger on June 29, 2011
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