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    Iced Pumpkin Cookies


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    List of Ingredients




    1 cup unsalted butter
    1 cup sugar
    1 cup cooked pureed oumpkin -- (fresh or canned)
    1 egg
    1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
    1 cup walnuts -- coarsely chopped
    1 cup raisins
    Icing
    2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
    1/4 cup butter -- softened
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    3 tablespoons whipping cream, fresh orange juice or rum

    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla and
    mix
    well.
    Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
    Stir
    into butter mixture until well blended.
    Add nuts and raisins.
    Drop by teaspoonful onto parchment covered baking sheet, about 2
    inches
    apart.
    Bake about 15 minutes, or until golden. Cool.
    Icing: Cream confectioners' sugar and butter. Add remaining
    ingredients and
    beat until smooth. (If icing
    is too thin, add more confectioners' sugar, if too thick, add more
    cream,
    orange juice or rum.)
    Drizzle over cookies.

 

 

 


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