Pumpkin Cake Cookies

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 dash clove (optional)
• 1 dash allspice (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine sugars and butter.
• 3 beat until fluffy.
• 4 mix in pumpkin, vanilla and egg.
• 5 blend in flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and optional spices.
• 6 then stir in nuts if desired.
• 7 cookie dough will be soft.
• 8 drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2-inches apart on silpat-lined cookie sheet.
• 9 bake 10-12 minutes or until cookies are no longer wet.
• 10 rounded tablespoonfuls bake 11-13 minutes.
• 11 when you remove them from the oven, they may appear under baked, but they will continue to set up--don’t over bake.
• 12 transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
• 13 cool hot sheets between batches.