Description
Wonderful spicy iced pumpkin cookies that both kids and adults love!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.
- Make cookies: Combine flour
- cinnamon
- baking powder
- baking soda
- nutmeg
- cloves
- and salt in a medium bowl.
- Cream together sugar and butter in a mixing bowl until fluffy
- 2 to 3 minutes. Add pumpkin
- egg
- and vanilla; beat until creamy. Mix in flour mixture until combined. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared cookie sheets; flatten slightly.
- Bake in the preheated oven until centers are set
- 15 to 20 minutes
- switching racks halfway through. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool to room temperature
- about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- make icing: Stir together confectioners’ sugar
- milk
- butter
- and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. Add milk as needed
- to achieve drizzling consistency.
- Drizzle icing over cooled cookies with a fork.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 36