Iced Pumpkin Pecan Cookies Food

PUMPKIN-PECAN SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray, or line with cooking parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
• In large bowl, beat brown sugar, butter, eggs, pumpkin and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed. Stir in flour, baking powder and spices. Stir in pecans and baking chips. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Place candy coating in small resealable freezer plastic bag; seal bag. Microwave on High about 1 minute or until softened. Gently squeeze bag until coating is smooth; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle coating over cookies. Let stand until set.

PUMPKIN-PECAN SOFTIES WITH MAPLE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease two heavy large baking sheets. Whisk the first 6 ingredients to blend in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until smooth and light. Beat in the eggs, then the pumpkin. Mix in the dry ingredients and 1 cup pecans. Drop the dough onto prepared baking sheets by rounded tablespoonfuls, spacing evenly. Bake until the cookies are golden brown, about 12 minutes. Meanwhile: stir the powdered sugar and maple syrup to blend in a small bowl, adding additional maple syrup by teaspoonfuls if necessary until mixture is easily spreadable. Carefully spread the icing over a warm cookie and sprinkle with a few of the remaining pecans. Repeat until all the cookies are frosted; cool completely. Store the cookies in an airtight container and enjoy within 3 days.

ICED PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and pumpkin. Combine the flours, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger, salt, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the granola, walnuts, chips and cranberries. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool., In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients until smooth. , Spread over cooled cookies. Store in the refrigerator.

DELICIOUS PUMPKIN-PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets.
• Combine pumpkin puree, brown sugar, sugar, butter, eggs, milk, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Fold in pecans. Slowly add flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and baking soda, mixing until combined.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are firm and starting to brown, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.
• Combine powdered sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla extract in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until combined and smooth. Drizzle glaze over the cooled cookies.

ICED PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla and mix well. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir into butter mixture until well blended. Add nuts and raisins. Drop by teaspoonful onto parchment covered baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake about 15 minutes, or until golden. Cool.
• Icing: Cream confectioners' sugar and butter. Add remaining ingredients and beat until smooth. (If icing is too thin, add more confectioners' sugar; if too thick, add more cream, orange juice or rum.) Drizzle over cookies.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar, 3/4 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until well blended. Beat in pumpkin and eggs until well mixed. On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• In medium bowl, place powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 3 tablespoons milk. In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/3 cup butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until light brown.
• Pour browned butter over powdered sugar mixture. Beat on low speed about 1 minute or until smooth. Gradually add just enough of the remaining 1 tablespoon milk to make frosting creamy and spreadable. Generously frost cooled cookies.

ICED PUMPKIN PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt; set aside.
• In another bowl, cream together the butter and granulated sugar. Add brown sugar, and beat just until blended. Add the pumpkin, egg and vanilla to the creamed butter, and beat on medium speed until creamy. Gradually beat in the flour mixture.
• Use a cookie scoop (or tablespoon), drop cookies onto baking sheet. Using the back of the spoon, slightly flatten each cookie, then move the back of the spoon in circular motion to smooth the surface a bit.
• Bake 12 minutes or just until cookies are starting to turn a light golden color. Cool on baking sheet 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
• For the icing, beat together the butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. If the icing is too thick, add 1 Tbsp milk at a time and stir until proper consistency is reached. Use the icing to frost each cooled cookie, then sprinkle a pinch of chopped pecans on the icing.