Pumpkin Cookies!!!

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING!

Mmmmmmmmm...SO GOOD!!!

This recipe was suggested to me by the girls I work with. Good Idea girls. I am so glad I made them. It was so much fun. And they were so Yummy!!!

Here is how I did it...

makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.

For the Frosting

2 (8-ounce) packages of cream cheese

1 cup of powdered sugar

1/4 cup of milk

1 tablespoon of vanilla 

Zest of one lemon

For the cookies

1 cup of sugar

1 cup of unsalted butter 

NOTE: My favorite butter to cook with is Imperial. it's 79cents a box and you don't need to soften it

2 tablespoons of maple syrup

2 eggs

1 cup of canned pumpkin

11/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon of ground allspice

1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg

Pinch of cloves

21/2 cups of flour sifted

2 teaspoons of baking powder

pinch of salt

 For Garnish whole pecans

How to make the Frosting

In a mixer fitted with a paddle, add the cream cheese. Beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the powder sugar until smooth. Add milk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. If the frosting is toot thick for your style just add a little more milk. Then Fold in the lemon zest. Set aside in the fridge. Do not put frosting on warm cookies wait until they cool down. I know it will be hard to wait that long but be patient

FOR THE COOKIES.

In a mixer fitted with a paddle, cream the sugar and the butter until light and fluffy. Add the Maple Syrup and eggs. Mix to incorporate. Add the pumpkin and mix to incorporate. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice,nutmeg and cloves. Add the dry ingredients to batter and mix well. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes in a preheated oven at 350 degrees, or until golden brown around the edges. Cool on racks. When cool, ice with cream cheese frosting.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Cookies!!!

ENJOY!!!

This recipe was really fun to make. And they were perfect. I suggest with cookies to always have a cookie dropper to get your perfectly rounded tablespoonful  of dough. The cookies turn out better. I use to use just a spoon and my finger and my cookies never looked good.  Its a great tool to have in your Kitchen!!!