Pumpkin Chip Whoopie Pies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cookie
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
2 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Filling for approx 15 whoopie pies
1 cup margarine (stick butter works great)
1 cup Crisco
2 cups marshmallow cream (use the stuff in the White tub with red lid)
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt, dissolved in
2 tablespoons water
2 1/2 vanilla
2 -3 cups confectioners' sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375.
mix well pumpkin, oil, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Blend in: flour, powder, soda, salt then add the cocolate chips.
Batter will be thick.
I usalluy use a mixer for this recipe.
grease cookie sheets, shape batter into a perfect flat circle (note: cookies will rise).
makes 20 large cookies, bake at 375 for 15-18 minutes.
cool and fill.
Filling:
Cream together margarine, crisco, fluff, 2 cups confect.
Sugar.
Beat in salt dissolved in water, and vanilla.
Gradually beat in remaidning confect sugar till peaks are formed.