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    Frosted Pumpkin Cookies


    Source of Recipe


    Southern Living Cookbook

    List of Ingredients




    1/2 cup butter/margarine, softened
    1 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly
    2 each eggs
    1 cup pumpkin -cooked, mashed
    1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 1/2 cup flour - all purpose
    1 tablespoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
    -----maple frosting-----
    1/4 cup butter/margarine, softened
    2 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
    2 tablespoon milk
    3/4 teaspoon maple extract

    Recipe



    Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in pumpkin and flavorings.

    Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375F for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Frost with Maple Frosting. Yield: 7 1/2 dozen.

    MAPLE FROSTING: Cream butter; gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add remaining sugar alternately with milk, beating until smooth enough to spread. Add maple extract, and beat well. Yield: about 1 cup.

 

 

 

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