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Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies

1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons canola oil
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons fat-free milk, divided
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1-1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/8 teaspoon mint extract
4 drops green food coloring, optional

In a bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. Add egg; beat for 1 minute. Combine
flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually beat into sugar mixture. Add 2
tablespoons milk; mix well. With lightly floured hands, roll dough into 36 balls.
Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Flatten slightly
with a glass coated with cooking spray. Bake at 425° for 5-6 minutes or until
edges are set and tops are cracked. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire
racks to cool. In a mixing bowl, combine butter and confectioners' sugar until

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Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies cont.

crumbly. Beat in extract, food coloring if desired and remaining milk. Spread on
the bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.

Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

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