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Frosted Pumpkin-Walnut Cookies
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 12 Minutes
Ready In: 27 Minutes
Servings: 6
This is my adopted recipe.I have made these now and if you like pumpkin and walnuts you will like these. The original recipe didn't have any nuts in the ingredient list so I tried 1 cup and that seemed to be fine. No milk was listed so I used about 1 tablespoon in the icing. She/He also had 84 as the amount, I only got 58 cookies. Even DH, the picky one, enjoyed them.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly
2 eggs
1 cup pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
2 1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
3/4 teaspoon maple extract
1 tablespoon milk
Directions:
1. Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
3. Stir in pumpkin and vanilla.
4. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
5. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
6. Stir in walnuts.
7. Chill for at least 1 hour or until ready to bake.
8. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. I used a 1 1/2 inch cookie scoop and got 58 cookies.
9. Bake at 375F for 11-12 minutes.
10. Cool on wire racks.
11. Frost with Maple Frosting.
12. (Maple Frosting).
13. Cream butter; gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
14. Add remaining sugar alternately with milk, beating until smooth enough to spread.You may need to add a bit more milk.
15. Add maple extract, and beat well.
By RecipeOfHealth.com