I threw this recipe together on a whim and let me tell you it was amazing. This cake was perfect and a dessert I will be making again. The zucchini adds moisture to the cake and the lemon flavor from the cake, pudding, and frosting pop …
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Germs have been flowing through my house, so my son decided we should make some lemon whoopie pies. He said the vitamin C in the lemons would help everyone get better. I love lemon, so I was okay with his logic.
Ingredients:
Cookies-
1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
6 ounces butter at room temperature
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons lemon juice (zest from ½ lemon)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
Filling-
8 ounces reduced fat cream cheese at room temperature
6 ounces butter at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons lemon juice (zest from ½ lemon)
3 cups powdered sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
Whisk flour, protein powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl.
Beat butter and sugar on medium in a stand mixer until light and fluffy.
Add lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla extract, yogurt, and eggs and continue to beat on medium.
Add dry ingredients 1 cup at a time beating on medium scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Use a small cookie scooper to make tablespoon size balls 2 inches apart.
Bake for 10 minutes until cookies are just starting to brown on the edges.
Let cookies cool on baking sheet for two minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
For the filling add butter, cream cheese, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest to a stand mixer. Mix on medium until smooth. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time.
Transfer filling to a piping bag or icing tool.
Flip over half of the cookies and pipe the filling. Top cookies with another cookie a press down slightly.
Enjoy!
Lemon whoopie pies before topping with a second cookie
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