Here's a pumpkin-flavored treat that you
can keep in the cookie jar. Have this popular recipe on hand
from October through Christmas for all of your holiday well-wishers.
Halloween
Spiced & Iced Pumpkin Cookies
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 large egg
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 cups all-purpose flour
Brown Sugar Glaze (see below)
- In a medium mixing bowl,
beat shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed
for 30 seconds.
- Add the granulated sugar,
brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and baking soda.
Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl.
- Beat in the egg and pumpkin.
Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir
in remaining flour.
- Drop dough by a rounded
teaspoon 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake
cookies in a 375 degree F oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until tops
seem firm.
- Transfer cookies to a
wire rack; cool.
- Spread cooled cookies
with Brown Sugar Glaze.
Makes 42 cookies.
Brown Sugar Glaze:
- In a small saucepan combine
1/2 cup packed brown sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, and 1 tablespoon
milk. Heat and stir until butter melts.
- Remove saucepan from heat.
Stir in 1 cup sifted powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Nutrition facts per cookie:
109 calories, 6 g total fat (2 g saturated fat), 7 mg cholesterol,
24 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 1 g protein.
Recipe provided by Better Homes
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