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Homemade Moon Pies Recipe – Orange Creamsicle Moon Pies
Homemade Moonpies - just like you remember. Two crispy, graham type cookies with marshmallow in between and then the whole thing covered in a chocolate coating. These are flavored with orange and covered in white or bittersweet chocolate.
Prep Time
1
hour
hour
Cook Time
15
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
15
minutes
minutes
Servings
1
½ dozen large sandwich cookies.
Calories
Author
Marye Audet-White
Ingredients
1
cup
unsalted butter
, at room temperature
¾
cup
brown sugar
⅓
cup
confectioners sugar
1
egg
½
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1
teaspoon
orange extract
¼
cup
orange juice
2
tablespoons
Triple Sec or Orange liqueur
1 ¼
cups
flour
½
teaspoon
baking powder
1 ¼
cups
whole wheat flour
½
teaspoon
salt
Grated rind of an orange
(microplaned)
14
ounces
of marshmallow fluff
1
teaspoon
of orange extract
(optional)
12
ounces
of white chocolate or 12 ounces of bittersweet chocolate
¼
cup
lightly flavored oil
Instructions
Beat
the butter until creamy and then add the brown sugar.
Beat
until there is no graininess.
Add the egg, vanilla, orange extract, orange juice, and Triple Sec.
Combine the dry ingredients with the confectioner’s sugar and orange rind.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture.
Mix until a soft dough forms.
Chill 1 hour or overnight, tightly wrapped.
Preheat oven to 350F
On a floured surface roll the doug, ¼ at a time (leave the rest refrigerated) until it is about ⅛ – ¼ inch thick. (I like mine a bit between the two.)
If it gets too soft to roll put it back in the refrigerator.
Cut the dough with a 2 or 3 inch round scalloped cookie cutter.
Lightly spray a cookie sheet with baking spray.
Place on baking sheet and bake for about 12 – 15 minutes, or until firm and golden.
Let cool on the pan for 5 minutes and then remove to cool completely.
Mix the orange extract into the marshmallow fluff if desired
When the cookies are cool place a tablespoon of marshmallow
cream
on the half of the cookies.
Press another cookie on top – firmly but gently to get the marshmallow to the edges.
Chill for 30 minutes.
Melt the chocolate (white or dark) in a microwave, stirring every 20 seconds until almost all the way melted.
Add the ¼ cup oil and stir well.
Heat to mix the two together (about 20 seconds) and finish melting the chocolate.
Dip the chilled cookies in the chocolate and chill until the coating is hardened.
Notes
Vary the flavorings and the chocolate for the coating - come up with your own combinations.