Pumpkin Cookies
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup canned pumpkin
Brown-Sugar Butter Frosting
Nathan's all set to start
combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and allspice. Set aside.
Beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 Seconds. Beat in the sugar.
Add the egg (this is Nathan's favorite part)
Pick shells out of the bowl (I added this step)
Stir pumpkin and flour mixture into egg mixture
lick the beaters, because that is your god given right
Drop the dough by rounded teaspoons about 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned
mmm...fresh out of the oven!
Frost the cooled cookies with Brown-Sugar Butter Frosting. Oh.My.Yum.
Brown-Sugar Butter Frosting: In a medium saucepan heat 6 tablespoons butter and 1/3 cup packed brown sugar over medum heat until butter melts. Remove mixture from heat. Stir in 2 cups sifted powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add enough hot water (2-3 teaspoons) to make a smooth, spreadable frosting. Frost cooled cookies immediately after preparing frosting.
So, I didn't include the meltdown over who would use the mixer. I didn't detail the number of times Nathan was sent to wash his hands for various reasons (I'll just let you assume-he is 3 after all), or the various breaks taken to entertain/feed/change the Divine Miss E, who has been particularly diva-licous lately. In all, we had a good time and the cookies are yum. Too bad I'll have to share them!
I'm glad you included all the details at the end...I sometimes wonder why I don't have those mythical perfect children who wait until the proper time, with their hands folded neatly until then, lol. ;)
ReplyDeleteso, do you think the recipe would work with a soy/margarine spread?
Awesome! I was reading though, and thinking, "Oh my! Benjamin would have lost it when it was time to pull out the mixer." Glad for the clarification at the end. :)
ReplyDeleteThat recipe looks great. I make some mean pumpkin chocolate chip ones, too. And, you can never go wrong with pumpkin "cupcakes," which you can, or can not add chocolate chips to (see a theme here?) from a box mix, from Trader Joes.
It's the most, wonderful time of the year!
I am resisting the urge to lick my computer screen. Those cookies look gooooooood! (The kids are pretty cute, too.) ;)
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