Old Fashioned Soft Baked Pumpkin Cookies

Reposting from the archives….

Pumpkins, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking. Yummy. My oldest son and I decided to make something with pumpkin and baked cookies. What a special way to spend time together talking and working on math at the same time? I enjoy working with my children in the kitchen-cooking and cleaning. The boys enjoy the cooking part better. We found this cookie recipe at Very Best Baking. They are delicious. Not overly healthy, but I will work on making this recipe healthier later. I used unbleached flour and organic cane sugar to make it a little healthier. They have a mild flavor and not very sweet, but yummy. They passed the taste test in this family and with my parents.

Old-Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies

By: LIBBY’S PUMPKIN

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I used unbleached)
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 (used organic cane sugar)
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
1 cup LIBBY’S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Glaze (recipe follows)

Directions PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Grease baking sheets.
COMBINE flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in medium bowl. Beat sugar and butter in large mixer bowl until well blended. Beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract until smooth. Gradually beat in flour mixture.

: Oldest son adding flour mixture to pumpkin mix. I didn’t drag out the big mixer…I recommend doing that. Our arms got a workout. stirring

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto prepared baking sheets.

BAKE for 15 to 18 minutes or until edges are firm. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Drizzle Glaze over cookies

These looked nothing like the picture and could be mashed down some.

FOR GLAZE: COMBINE 2 cups sifted powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in small bowl until smooth. I put it in a ziploc bag and cut the tip off to do the glaze.

Serve them on a pretty plate. I obviously should do this more often, because they wanted to know who was getting these.

I haven’t done a great job this year making more than break and bake cookies and leaving them on the sheet. I’m doing better and want my family to know how much I cherish them.

Send your family a special message of love and cherishing in the little things you do!

I hope you enjoy these if you try them. What are some of your favorite recipes to show your family how special they are to you? Be sure to visit The Cookie Swap at Our Simple Country Life to find some great recipes and meet new friends!

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