Harvest Pumpkin Cookies

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup dried cranberries (optional)
• pecan halves (about 36)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and all spice in medium bowl.
• 3 beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla.
• 5 gradually add flour mixture.
• 6 beat at low speed until well blended, stir in chopped pecans and cranberries with spoon.
• 7 drop heaping tablespoonsfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 8 flatten slightly with back of spoon, and press one pecan half into center of each cookie.
• 9 bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• 10 let cookies stand on cookie sheets 1 minute; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
• 11 store tightly covered at room temperature or you can freeze up to 3 months.