Delicious Pumpkin Cookies

I found this recipe while blog-surfing at “Jesus and Dark Chocolate” and it sounded good, so I tried it out today, with a couple minor modifications…

Ingredients:
1 cup of pumpkin
1/2 c. of butter (softened)
1 1/2 c of sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. of white flour
3/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. of raisins (to soften, boil 1/2 c. of water and add raisins, and let sit about 5 min., drain, and add to mixture) **I substituted the raisins with chocolate chips, ’cause I don’t like raisins & I love chocolate!**

     
1.  Pre-heat oven to 375.  In a large bowl combine, granulated sugar, pumpkin, butter, egg and vanilla.
2.  Beat at medium speed until well blended. **It looked kinda chunky to me at this point, but I blended it as well as I could & I think it turned out fine. **

    
3.  Add flours, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt.
4.  Beat at low speed, until soft dough forms.  **My blender’s lowest setting isn’t very low, so at this stage I ended up with little chunks of cookie dough splattered over my work area!**
5.  Add chocolate chips (or raisins).
6.  Drop dough onto cookie sheets.  **Normally, I would want to form my cookies into perfect little balls, but this dough is VERY sticky, so that didn’t work!**

 
7.  Grease cookie sheets.  Bake for 10-12 minutes, until cookie is set. Cool completely.  **For my first cookie sheet, I set the timer on the microwave but apparently I forgot to press ‘Start’!  So I’m not sure how long they were in the oven – they got a little crispy on the bottoms.  For my second cookie sheet, I baked them for 12 minutes which seemed perfect.  Then for my third cookie sheet, they looked done already at 10 minutes!  I’d say keep an eye on them & take them out when they are just golden brown.**

Now for the frosting/icing!

Ingredients: 3/4 c. packed brown sugar 1/4 c. butter 1 1/4 c. icing sugar 1 to 2 TBSP. half & half  **I just used milk** 1 tsp. vanilla
		1.  Melt butter in small pot. 2.  Add brown sugar and cook over medium heat until mixture can be stirred smooth. Do not allow it to boil. Remove from heat. 3.  Add remaining ingredients. Stir until smooth. 4.  Spread frosting evenly on cookies and ENJOY!!!

I personally found the icing difficult to spread on the cookies, as it’s very sugary and not very spreadable.  It tastes good but is a little too sweet for me.  But the cookies were great!!  With or without the icing!  I would definitely recommend them.  I’m now going to bring them to my friend’s birthday party tonight and see what everyone else thinks of them.