Apple Cider Whoopie Pies – Adventures in Everyday Cooking

Ingredients

• 1¼ cup/300 milliliters apple cider
• 1½ cups/190 grams all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
• 6 tablespoons/85 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
• ½ cup/110 grams packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup/60 milliliters apple butter
• 6 ounces/170 grams cream cheese, at room temperature
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
• ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ¼ cup/50 grams granulated sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons melted butter