Pumkin Patch

This year Tiffany and family invited us to go to the pumpkin patch with them. This was the first time for Charlie and second for us. We were excited to go and hang out with all of them. So, the night before I decided to baked some pumpkin treats for all of us to enjoy after the pumpkin patch. This was a very easy recipe to follow and very yummy, so I wanted to share it to whoever reads this:

Mini Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Ingredients
Cookies:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten
1 cup LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Filling:
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions
For cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease or line four baking sheets with parchment paper.

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar in large mixer bowl on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin and vanilla extract; beat until smooth. Stir in flour mixture until combined. Drop by heaping measuring teaspoons onto prepared baking sheets. (A total of 72 cookies are needed for the recipe.)
Bake for 10 to 13 minutes or until springy to the touch. Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
For cream cheese filling: Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl on medium speed until fluffy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
Spread a heaping teaspoon of filling onto flat side of one cookie; top with flat side of second cookie to make a sandwich. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling. Store in covered container in refrigerator.

I decided to add some food coloring to the cream cheese filling just to make it look a little bit more fun. I found orange and black food coloring at Michael's the other day, so I got inspired by the month of October and did half of the filling black and the other half orange. I forgot to take a picture of them, but they turned out super cute and delicious. We'll definitely be making more of these!!! Oh! and here are some pictures of our day : )