Growing up, my mom used to always make pumpkin cookies at this time of year. They are the melt-in-your-mouth, scrum-didily-umptious kind of of treat. I always enjoy baking them and sharing them with friends and family. I decided to let you in on the secret family recipe :)
Pumpkin Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter/margarine
1 cup sugar1 cup mashed pumpkin
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
Frosting:
3 Tbs butter
1 cup powdered sugar
4 tsps. milk (this is tricky...this is what it calls for but I've found that b/t 1/8 and 1/4 c. works fine..you will soon see :) )
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add pumpkin and blend. Add egg and blend.
3. Add sifted dry ingredients and combine well.
4. Drop by tsp. onto greased cookie sheets 1 1/2" apart and bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until done
5. Make frosting by melting butter, adding in milk and brown sugar and cook until sugar dissolves. Cool and add powdered sugar and vanilla; blend well. Spread on warm cookies. Yields 4 to 5 dozen.
*Tip on frosting: this can be very tricky..I've been making these cookies for years and it seems like the frosting is something you just have to play with. If it seems too runny, you can add more powdered sugar..if it seems too thick, you just need to add more milk. It's kind of like trial and error. Haha!
Also, the cookies don't take long to make, but between waiting for the cookies to cook and cool and icing the cookies, it takes a while. This is a good multi-tasking project.
Bon apetite!
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