Icons are our benchmarks, touchstones and foundations. As we work through Stella Park's amazing book, BraveTart, Iconic American Desserts, I was immediately drawn to the Oatmeal Creme Pies. This required me to make the Marshmallow filling, which led me to the Cool Whip variation of the marshmallow creme. Stella and I had a conversation about dipping cookies in cool whip as kids--I used soft Archway oatmeal cookies and she preferred chocolate cookies. I immediately thought of whoopie pies and knew I would be making this sooner rather than later. Today when I made the creamy "cool whip" from her book, it naturally went with chocolate cake. And I've even got some left over so that later I can make her oatmeal cookies without the filling and recreate my childhood memory.
Years Past
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Maximum Flavor: Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook
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