My guest today is Jen!! She is KILLING me with all of her recipes considering I have a sweet tooth the size of TEXAS!!!! I WILL be making these.....maybe for MC's snacks for class!!!
Here she is....
A recipe for a whoopie pie made with
orange soda and vanilla cream.
Source: Bakaholic Mama's version had only three ingredients.
My version has just six.
Yield: about 20 whoopie pies
I feel honored that Randee asked me to guest post today. I guess I should
start with a brief introduction. Hi, I'm Jen. I live a typical suburban
life, with a husband, three kids, and a Jeep Grand Cherokee. 
Most of the compliments I've
received in my life center around my very thick and long dark hair, my mad
piano playing skills, and my fantastic desserts. Only one of these things
has turned into a full-time blogging obsession for me. Guess which one?
Here's a hint: my blog is called Jen's Favorite
Cookies.
The great thing about making different cookies every week is that you
never know what the process will bring. Sometimes the cookies are fussy
and complicated, using a lot of ingredients and a lot of time and dirtying
a lot of dishes. Sometimes they are so simple you almost forget you even
made them. Today's cookie falls into that second category. It's
basically so easy, you could do it in your sleep. A trained monkey could
make these cookies. Heck, and un-trained monkey could make them! You get
the picture.
Here's how you do it:
STEP ONE: Mix together one vanilla or white cake mix and 1 cup of orange
soda. If you're really into that orange flavor (like I am), you can also
add 1 tsp. orange extract. Or not, your choice.
STEP TWO: Bake. Oh, yeah... you're done with with the mixing already!
Drop the soft dough in spoonfuls onto your baking sheet, trying to keep
them all about the same size. They don't spread much, so you can put
quite a few on your pan. Bake them at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.
STEP THREE: Frost. Bakaholic Mama used Cool Whip for her frosting, which
is super duper easy. I'm kind of a cream snob, though, so I used whipped
cream. I poured about a half pint of cream into a bowl and whipped it up
for a few minutes. I added some clear vanilla and a couple tablespoons of
sugar.
Feel free to use a generous amount of this "frosting." There's plenty.
You just frost the bottom side, and then sandwich them together.
Easy-Peasy, Lemon-Squeezy.
Here's what you can expect from these cookies. Because they don't have
eggs or oil, but just orange soda and cake mix, you can expect a very
sticky and spongy cake, much like angel food. Which means you can expect
them to stick to the pan, and to each other, so you'll want to store these
between layers of wax paper. You may even want to keep them in the
fridge.
You can expect to have a little whipped-cream-frosting left over. Is
leftover whipped cream a good enough excuse to run to the market for fresh
berries? Because that's what I did.
AND, you can expect anyone who loves orange soda or orange creamsicles to
ask for seconds of this spectacularly simple whoopie pie. You might want
to have a second batch ready.
Some other posts you might enjoy:
Orange Ice Cream Freeze - a tasty ice cream treat with
fresh orange
Orange Creamsicle Cookies - an orange buttermilk
cookie with vanilla frosting and white chocolate
Lemon Crinkles - a popular cookie made with cake mix
and lemon zest
Big thanks again to Randee for having me guest post today! You're
awesome, Randee!
THANK you, Jenn!! These are going to be DELICIOUS!!!
1 can cream of chicken
1 8oz sour cream
1 can rotel (opt.)
1 lrg can green Chilis
1 lrg can blk olives (opt)
1 pkg shredded cheese (your choice, I use mexican/pepper jack) can also use Velveeta :)
I combine all the ingredients until bubbly. Tear all tortillas (1 pkg of 10) into pieces (I like bit size). Spray bottom of pan lightly (so tortillas don't stick) Then layer soup mix, tortillas and so on. I sprinkle cheese on top. Makes a LRG pan full. Cook @350 for 30-45 min covered with foil. Then uncover and cook another 10 min.
Enjoy!!!