Sunday, October 15, 2006

Amazing Iced Pumpkin Cookies


Cookies
2.5 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/5 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1.5 cups white sugar (you can also substitute brown sugar)
1 can panned pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract (I usually use about 2 tsp.)

Icing
2 cups confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)
3 tbsp. milk
1 tbsp. melted butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract


Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla to butter mixture, and beat till creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool cookies, then drizzle glaze with fork. Enjoy!

To make icing
Combine confectioner's sugar, milk, melted butter, and vanilla. Add additional milk as needed to achieve drizzling consistency.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

psst... Shouldn't you be thinking of bringing in more pumpkin cookies?