Great Pumpkin Cookie Food

BEST PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Have ready some ungreased baking sheets.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and the sugars together until light and fluffy.
• Blend in pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract.
• In separate bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• Mix flour mixture into butter-sugar mixture.
• Drop tablespoonfuls 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until golden around the edges.
• Remove warm cookies and transfer to racks.
• Let cool completely for a least one half hour, then frost with glaze.
• For Glaze:.
• In a medium saucepan, heat butter and brown sugar over medium heat until bubbly. Cook, stirring constantly, for one minute or until slightly thickened. Beat in the milk. Blend in confectioner's sugar until the glaze is smooth and spreadable. Using a silicone basting brush, which I love and use religiously now, or a butter knife to spread glaze on cookies is the best tip. Please note; this glaze will harden fairly quickly. I suggest that you keep the saucepan over the stove on the lowest heat possible to prevent it from hardening.

GREAT PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugars, beating until fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla.
• Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with pumpkin.
• Stir in chips.
• Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 17-20 minutes at 350 degrees or until done.

GREAT PUMPKIN COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• Cream butter and gradually add sugar beating until light and fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
• Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• For each cookie, drop ¼ cup dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet and spread into pumpkin shape using a thin metal spatula.
• Add a bit more dough to form stem.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until cookies are firm and lightly butter to affix assorted candies, raisins and nuts mixing them up to make different faces.

ITS THE GREAT PUMPKIN COOKIES, CHARLIE BROWN

Steps:

• Cream butter with both sugars until light and fluffy.
• Add in egg, pumpkin, and vanilla and mix.
• Then add flour oats, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt and mix well.
• Then stir in CHocolate chips and cinnamon chips.
• Bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes or until firm and lightly brown.
• (OPT) You can shape these into pumpkins before baking and when done and cooled decorate with frosting or peanut butter (I love them just plain).
• I usually eat mine when they are totally cooled.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla and pumpkin until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir into the pumpkin mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips. Stir in the walnuts if desired. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until edges begin to brown. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

OLD FASHIONED SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla; beat until light and creamy.
• Mix in dry ingredients until well blended.
• Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto greased cookie sheet.
• Smooth tops of cookies.
• Bake in preheated 350°F degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients, stirring until smooth and set aside.
• Cool baked cookies on wire rack.
• Drizzle glaze over top.
• 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.

PUMPKIN COOKIES V

Steps:

• Cream shortening, white sugar and pumpkin. Add eggs and mix well. Sift together the baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt and flour. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
• Drop from spoon to cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• To Make Frosting: Cook butter, milk, and brown sugar until dissolved. Cool and add confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Spread over warm cookies.