Pumpkin Rollout Cookies Revisited Food

FALL PUMPKIN ROLL OUT COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cream together Sugar, butter, orange zest and vanilla.
• 2. Stir in Pumpkin
• 3. Add egg yolk
• 4. Sift together flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, pumpkin.
• 5. Add dry ingredient mixture to wet slowly, mixing at low speed until dough forms
• 6. REFRIGERATE AT LEAST **30 MINUTES** This is crucial!
• 7. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• 8. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to a thickness of roughly 1/8 in. Cut with cookie cutters into desired shapes.
• 9. cover a cookie sheet with parchment and bake cookies for 9-11 minutes, until firm but NOT browned on edges. Allow cookies to rest on cookie sheet 5 minutes, then remove to rack to finish cooling
• 10. Frost/decorate if desired.
• 11. Flavors are most intense the second day..if you can keep them around that long!

PUMPKIN ROLLOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF In a large mixing bowl, combine with electric mixer the butter, brown sugar and orange zest.
• Add the pumpkin, egg yolk, and vanilla.
• Gradually add the flour and spices.
• Mix with your hands to create a soft dough.
• Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Divide dough into two pieces.
• Roll out each piece to 1/8-inch thickness on a floured surface.
• Cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes.
• Optional: Decorate with favorite frosting and candies if desired.

ROLL-OUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 400F degrees.
• In a large bowl cream butter and sugar with electric mixer.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Mix flour and baking powder.
• Add 1 cup at a time,combining after each addition.
• You will need to add last 3/4 cup by hand.
• Do not chill dough it will be stiff.
• Divide dough into 2 balls.
• On floured surface roll out to 1/8 inch thickness.
• Use any cookie cutter and cut away.
• Bake for 6-10 minutes or until light brown.
• Enjoy!

PUMPKIN ROLLOUT COOKIES REVISITED

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Blend in flavorings: orange zest, salt, cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla.
• Incorporate yolk, then flour.
• Divide in two balls, wrap separately and chill at least 1/2 hour.
• Use cookie cutters on dough rolled 1/4 inch thick (thinner for crispy cookies, thicker for chewier).
• Bake 15 minutes at 375-degrees.
• 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.