Pumpkin Whoopie Pies Return To Market

written by Amanda on 09/17/2010



When it comes to covetable goodies from area farmers markets, one of my favorites are the pumpkin whoopie pies from Pecan Meadow Farm, available at the 14th and U Farmers Market.

After a seasonal hiatus, the whoopie pies will be back at the market this Saturday, and, in a case of early birds getting the worm, no sleeping in if you hope to score one. (The market opens at 9 a.m.)

The sweets, which predate the current whoopie pie craze, are made by Pecan Meadow's Lois Shirk. She starts with her son's pumpkins  — no canned stuff here   — the farm's free-range eggs (also delicious on their own) and a blend of flours that includes their own whole wheat, farm-ground. Unhappy with the ingredients in store-bought vanilla extract, the Shirks make their own.

Finally the fluffy cakes are filled with sweet cream cheese icing or Keswick Creamery's Quark cheese.

A from-scratch treat perfect for the fall season.



 

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