OLD FASHIONED SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES

These delightful pumpkin cookies are sure to become a family favorite – perfectly soft, absolutely delicious and so easy to make. Give them a try, you won’t be disappointed. These are the BEST cookies for fall!

This cookie recipe is from Very Best Baking by Nestle (this is NOT a sponsored post). I had a can of Libby’s Pure Pumpkin and wanted to make cookies – a quick google search and I found a winning recipe!

OLD FASHIONED SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES
INGREDIENTS
Cookies

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
• 1 cup pure pumpkin (I used Libby’s 100% pure pumpkin)
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Glaze

• 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
Cookies:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. then grease baking sheet(s).
• In a medium size bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt – mix well.
• In a separate large bowl, mix/beat butter and sugar until blended well, then add pumpkin, egg and vanilla, mix until batter is smooth.
• Slowly add flour mixture to the pumpkin batter, mixing until just blended. Do not over mix.
• Drop rounded tablespoon size cookie dough on baking sheet (I used a Pampered Chef medium size scooper).
• Bake on middle rack of oven for approximately 15 – 18 minutes, until the edges of the cookies turn a slight golden brown and are firm.
• Remove from oven, cool for a few minutes on baking sheet, then move cookies to cooling rack to finish cooling.

Glaze:

• Sift powdered sugar then add melted butter, milk and vanilla in a small bowl – mix until smooth.
• Once cookies are cooled completely, drizzle glaze on top. Do not drizzle glaze over cookies until cookies are cool.

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