Treats: Pumpkin Cookies
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
* 1 cup butter, unsalted, room temperature
* 1/3 cup cane sugar
* 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
* 1 cup fresh pumpkin puree, roasted
* 1 egg, large
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
* 1/4 teapoon allspice, ground
* 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
* 1 cup currants
Orange Glaze for Spider Web
* 6 ounces butter, room temperature
* 12 ounces confectioner's sugar
* 1 tablespoon orange zest
* 3 tablespoons orange juice, fresh bitters to taste Recipe
1. Cream butter with both sugars on medium speed about 5 minutes until light and creamy. Add pumpkin, eggs and vanilla, next sift in flour, baking powder and soda, spices and add currents.
2. On a greased cookie sheet tray, scoop 4 ounces of batter onto parchment paper and smooth out with a tablespoon to the diameter of 4 to 5 inches. Leave 2 inches between cookies to spread out.
3. Bake cookies in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until firm. Let cookies cool for five minutes and remove to cool on a baker's rack until completely cool.
4. For orange glaze, cream butter with sugar, blend well. Next add in orange zest, juice and bitters blending until smooth. Make a pin wheel of orange glaze with a pastry bag starting in the middle going round and moving outward. Taking the tip of a paring knife, lightly pull the knife over the glaze from the center to the outside of the cookie.
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