Pumpkin Rollout Cookies Revisited

Submitted by roos4136

"This recipe is an updated version of #76004 on this site. As a result of the comments on this recipe, this reworking turned out to be some of the tastiest cookies I've ever had. Recipe yield is too small!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 2 dozen
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup sugar (preferably turbinado or demerarra)
• 2 tablespoons orange zest
• 1⁄2 cup pumpkin
• 1 egg yolk, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1⁄2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (scant)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon clove (scant)
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

directions

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Blend in flavorings: orange zest, salt, cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla.
3. Incorporate yolk, then flour.
4. Divide in two balls, wrap separately and chill at least 1/2 hour.
5. Use cookie cutters on dough rolled 1/4 inch thick (thinner for crispy cookies, thicker for chewier).
6. Bake 15 minutes at 375-degrees.
7. Frost with any icing. For Haloween we used powdered sugar (maybe 3 cups? Sorry, don't know quantity) mixed with cream cheese (2 Tablespoons) flavored with orange zest (1/2 teaspoon) and maple syrup (1/4 cup). Add milk to moisten to proper consistency (just add by the dropful; a little goes a long way and you want the resulting icing thick enough not to run off the cookies). Apply sprinkles to wet frosting so they harden on top.