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      Title: Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
 Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Chocolate, Nuts
      Yield: 24 servings
 
    3/4 c  Butter; softened
      1 c  Sugar
      2 lg Eggs; room temperature
    1/2 c  Sour cream
      1 tb Red food coloring
  1 1/2 ts White vinegar
      1 ts Clear vanilla extract
  2 1/4 c  A-P flour
    1/4 c  Baking cocoa
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Baking soda
      2 oz Semisweet chocolate; melted,
           - cooled

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      8 oz Cream cheese; softened
    1/2 c  Butter; softened
  2 1/2 c  Confectioners' sugar
      2 ts Clear vanilla extract

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           White baking chips; melted
           Pecans; finely chopped
 
  Oven @ 375°F/190°C.
  
  In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and
  fluffy. Beat in eggs, sour cream, food coloring, vinegar
  and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking
  powder, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into
  creamed mixture. Stir in cooled chocolate.
  
  Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2" apart onto parchment
  lined baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges
  are set. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to
  cool completely.
  
  For filling, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and
  butter until fluffy. Beat in confectionersrCO sugar and
  vanilla until smooth. Spread filling on bottom of half
  of the cookies; cover with remaining cookies.
  
  Drizzle with melted baking chips; sprinkle with pecans.
  Refrigerate until serving.
  
  Recipe by Judi Dexheimer, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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