Saturday, October 31, 2020

Pumpkin Cookies

Makes 65 cookies

Ingredients 
2 1/2c all purpose flour
1 1/4c white whole wheat flour
1 1/2t baking powder
1 1/2t baking soda
3 1/2t cinnamon
1/2t nutmeg
1/2t cloves
3/4t salt

3/4c butter, softened 
1 1/2c white sugar
3/4c brown sugar
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
1 15oz can mashed pumpkin
1 1/2t vanilla

1c chocolate chips

Glaze:
2c powdered sugar
4T milk
1T melted butter
1t vanilla extract
1t cinnamon


Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350°F 
2 Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl
3 Cream together butter and sugars, add eggs until light and fluffy, then pumpkin and vanilla and beat for 2 minutes until mixture is well combined
4 Slowly add dry ingredients and mix until just combined
5  If wanting to do half glazed cookies and half chocolate chip, scoop out 30 cookies to bake plain, then add the 1 cup of chocolate chips to the remaining batter. If you are wanting to do an entire batch add in 2 cups of chocolate chips first
6 Bake for 15 minutes
7 Once cooled, mix together glaze until a pouring consistency and drizzle over plain cookies