Drop- Frosted Pumpkin-Walnut Cookies
Source of Recipe
Southern Living 1982
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup cooked, mashed pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 cup chopped walnuts
Maple FrostingRecipe
Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in pumpkin and flavorings.
Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice; stir well. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in walnuts.
Drop dough by teaspoonsfuls onto greased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks. Frost with Maple Frosting. Yield about 7 1/2 dozen
Maple Frosting
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
2 tablespoon milk
3/4 teaspoon maple extract
Cream butter; gradually and 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well with electric mixer. Add remaining sugar alternately with milk, beating until smooth enough to spread. Add maple extract and beat well. Yield: enough for 7 1/2 dozen cookies.
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