So in honor of pi day (no no, I did mean pi as in 3.14159265.. Since today is March 14th –> 3/14. Yup, people celebrate days like today) I made these pies. Well, not pies in the conventional form. Pies as in Whoopie Pies. Never made these before so bear with me.
I just had a really nice looking strawberry, these is nothing strawberry in these “pies”. But I do love strawberries. I haven’t had a strawberry in so long. I don’t know why. So I was just having fun with them today.
Anyhow, I had a lot of oatmeal on hand. I then realized that I haven’t made anything with oatmeal in a long time. And I love oatmeal, so this was really weird for me. So I killed two birds with one stone. Got to celebrate pi day, and make something with oatmeal. And play around with strawberries. Today was a good day!
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 Tbsp boiling hot water
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups quick cooking oats
Filling
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Cookies: In a large bowl, cream together the brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition.
- Add in the salt, baking powder, baking soda, boiling water and flour, and mix until it is fully incorporated. Stir in the oats.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets, making sure to keep them around 2 inches apart. Bake in the preheated oven for 11-12 minutes.
- Remove cookies from the oven and allow to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
- Filling: In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the butter until smooth, around 1 minute. Add in the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract and salt, and mix on medium speed for around 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
- Add the filling into a piping bag (or a large freezer bag with the corner cut off). Turn two cookies upside down and pipe the filling to cover the bottom. Place another cookie on top. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
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