Old Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies

Submitted by TGirl

"Enjoy these cookies on a cool Fall night, while sipping hot tea by the fireplace. Or, if you're like me, you can eat these cookies while dying of heat stroke in the dead of 'winter' in Florida !"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 36 cookies

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1 cup solid pack pumpkin
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• GLAZE

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
3. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla; beat until light and creamy.
4. Mix in dry ingredients until well blended.
5. Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto greased cookie sheet.
6. Smooth tops of cookies.
7. Bake in preheated 350°F degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
8. Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients, stirring until smooth and set aside.
9. Cool baked cookies on wire rack.
10. Drizzle glaze over top.
11. For variations, stir any one of the following ingredients into batter: 1 cup raisins, chopped nuts, or rolled oats and/or 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained.

Reviews

[BekW8670]

I have been baking these cookies for a couple years now and every time I make them, I have to give up the recipe. They are delicious! I use a caramel icing, instead of glaze, using 1 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup milk, 1/2 cup butter and cooking that on the stovetop for 2 minutes, then stirring in 1 tsp vanilla. After I let it cool to lukewarm, I beat in 2 cups powdered sugar. YUM!

 

[estherzorzi]

Just made these cookies and they are very easy to make and they taste great. I made the first batch just as the recipe stated and they where gone in the matter of min, second batch I added pumpkin spice, small amt. cloves and just a little more cinnamon and the taste was so good my third and final batch I put all the same spices from the second batch but I added chopped dates and chopped nuts and I can say that they where very good. This is a very versatile recipe.

 

[932ninja]

Good stuff here! I added some ground clove and ginger for a wee bit more spice and I had to use margarine for lactose issues.... they were super puffy and great! THEN I used the same base and made a batch with applesauce instead of butter and splenda instead of sugar and I can't tell the difference-- shocking and amazing! Thanks so much TGirl for this base that I added on to a touch and "dietized" for another round ;)

 

[JPerez]

These are excellent cookies! I added a little nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, cloves and went a little heavy on the cinnamon. I also subbed brown sugar for part of the sugar in the cookies. For the frosting, I mixed cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, milk, and added just a little maple flavoring.

 

[mom_of_4]

Stop your search for the perfect pumpkin cookie... because here it is. I have tried many recipes over the past few weeks and I keep coming back to this one. I added 1/2 teaspoon of ginger, cloves and allspice, and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg.