Pumpkin Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

2 and 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup butter (1 and 1/2 sticks of butter) softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup 100% pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cinnamon Sugar for rolling:

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup granulated sugar

Directions:

Step 1: In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.

Step 2: Using an electric mixer cream together the butter, granulated sugar and packed brown sugar.

Step 3: Mix in your egg and vanilla extract.

Step 4: Stir in the pumpkin puree.

Step 5: Add in the flour mixture little by little, until all of it has been added.

* If you choose to make the cute pumpkin design with your cookies, scoop some of the dough into a small bowl and dye it green. This will be used to make the stem of the pumpkin. Otherwise you can skip this step.

Step 6: Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight. This helps your dough to set and makes it easier to handle.

Step 7: Once your dough has had time to chill and you are ready to start baking the cookies, preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C) and mix together your cinnamon sugar for rolling.

Step 8: Scoop about a teaspoon of dough and roll into a ball. About 1 inch in size. Roll in your cinnamon sugar and then place on a parchment paper lined baking dish.

With the bottom of a glass, flatten the dough to about a 1/2 inch thick.

* If you are not making the pumpkin design, you can skip ahead to step 9 and bake your cookies.

To make the pumpkin design:

Make a small slit at the top of your cookie and slightly stretch open.

Make 2 curved score lines on the belly of the cookie. This will give your cookie the signature pumpkin look.

Take a tiny amount of the green colored dough, form into a small ball and add it to the top of your cookie where we created that small slit. This will resemble the stem of a pumpkin.