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Monday, November 14, 2011

Pumpkin Spice cookies

So I shipped out my first two packages of cookies to my adopted soldier.  I sent pumpkin spice cookies, molasses, chocolate chip and peanut butter blossom with caramel kisses.  These pumpkin spice cookies I found on the Betty Crocker website, Pumpkin Spice Cookies I didn't make the brown butter icing because I couldn't ship it in my box.  When I tasted the batter, I felt that it needed more spice, so I changed the measurements and added nutmeg.  It tasted EXACTLY like a pumkpin pie.  I had rave reviews.  Here is my recipe for just the cookies. 

Pumpkin Spice Cookies
2/3 cup granulated sugar                                         
2/3cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup (from 15-oz can) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)                                           
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspon of nutmeg, depending on how much nutmeg you liked.  I used 1/2 tsp

Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar, 3/4 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until well blended. Beat in pumpkin and eggs until well mixed. On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
On greased cookie sheets, drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls. 
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until light brown.

The brown butter recipe is on the link above, but these cookies are great without frosting.

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