Amish Oatmeal Whoopie Pie Cookies

• 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal, not instant
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons boiling water
• FILLING
• 1 egg white
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening

1. For oatmeal cookie mixture -- cream butter, sugar and eggs.
2. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder and add to creamed mixture.
3. Add cinnamon and oatmeal.
4. Mix well. Add soda to hot water and add to batter -- mix well.
5. Drop by tblspoon onto greased cookie sheet;
6. bake 19-15 min in 325* oven.
7. For filling, combine egg white, vanilla, milk and 1 cup of powdered sugar.
8. Cream well.beat in mixing bowl about 10 minutes.Add rest of ingredients and beat an additional 2-3 minutes.
9. Put filling between 2 cookies.
10. Wrap each whoopie pie cookie in plastic wrap.

light brown sugar, butter, eggs, salt, flour, quickcooking, ground cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, boiling water, filling, egg, vanilla, milk, powdered sugar, vegetable shortening

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/amish-oatmeal-whoopie-pie-cookies-118749 (may not work)