{"id":1194,"date":"2011-09-13T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T16:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2011-09-13T16:58:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T16:58:58","slug":"chinese-moon-festival-red-velvet-whoopie-pies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/?p=1194","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Moon Festival Red Velvet Whoopie Pies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/moon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1200\" title=\"moon1\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/moon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/moon1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/moon1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We set up the telescope and invited friends and family to join us in celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon this past weekend. We ate homemade Mu Shu Pork and Mu Shu Tofu. We had sticky rice and red bean dumplings and for dessert we went non-traditional and made Red Velvet Whoopie Pies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie45.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1196\" title=\"whoopie45\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie45.jpg 500w, http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie45-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For several years I followed the practice of buying traditional Moon Cakes but I have to admit our local offerings are pretty slim and mail ordering seemed a bit extravagant this year. The kids loved these because they are delicious and although we adjusted the recipe and used less sugar (2 cups) they were still plenty sweet. The original recipe can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.browneyedbaker.com\/2011\/02\/10\/red-velvet-whoopie-pies\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1198\" title=\"whoopie1\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Little hands did a great job spooning the batter into little circles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1197\" title=\"whoopie3\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie3.jpg 431w, http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/whoopie3-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using the pastry bag is Kitchen Daughter\u2019s favorite part of the job.<\/p>\n<p>Although the rest of the country may be feeling the beginning of fall weather here the kids swam in the moonlight and the girls wore flowers in their hair. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/moon11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/moon11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"moon11\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/moon11.jpg 500w, http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/moon11-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We set up the telescope and invited friends and family to join us in celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon this past weekend. We ate homemade Mu Shu Pork and Mu Shu Tofu. We had sticky rice and red bean dumplings and for dessert we went non-traditional and made Red Velvet Whoopie Pies. 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