Frosted Pumpkin Nut Chip Cookies Recipes

FROSTED PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Stir in pecans and dates. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 13-15 minutes or until firm., Meanwhile, for frosting, combine the butter, brown sugar and milk in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in maple flavoring and vanilla. , Cool slightly; beat in enough confectioners' sugar to achieve spreading consistency. Remove cookies to wire racks; frost while warm.

FROSTED PUMPKIN NUT-CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. In large bowl, cream Crisco and brown sugar until light and fluffy.Beat in Pumpkin. Combine the flour, baking soda, powder and spices. Gradually add pumpkin mixture and mix well. Stir in walnuts and chocolate chips.
• 2. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2" apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• 3. Bake at 375* for 13-15 minutes or until firm.
• 4. *variation from Tasteofhome.com

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING (THE WORLD'S BEST!)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl. Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, brown sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and egg with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl, beating until mixture is smooth. Beat in pumpkin puree. Gradually stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture. Batter will be moist.
• Spoon batter by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes on sheets before removing to finish cooling on waxed paper.
• Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until soft and creamy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, about 1/2 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Frost cooled cookies with cream cheese frosting.

PUMPKIN-NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets.
• Beat shortening with an electric mixer until creamy; add sugar gradually. Beat until light and fluffy. Add pumpkin and eggs; mix well.
• Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and ginger together. Stir into the pumpkin mixture until blended. Add raisins and walnuts.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are firm and starting to brown, about 15 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla and pumpkin until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir into the pumpkin mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips. Stir in the walnuts if desired. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until edges begin to brown. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

CARAMEL FROSTED PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BUTTERSCOTCH CHIPS

Steps:

• Cream together shortening and 1 cup sugar. Note: I have recently experimented by substituting 1/4 cup of the shortening for a healthy, butter-flavored margarine -- using all butter or margarine tends to make the cookies spread out and not hold their shape, however). Add pumpkin and egg and cream lightly until fluffy (I usually use a hand mixer for this).
• Combine flour, soda, cinnamon and salt; mix into cream mixture. (I usually switch to a wooden spoon, to keep the mixture light and fluffy -- you don't want to overbeat).
• Fold in butterscotch chips.
• Drop by teaspoons on an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until done (I sometimes find it takes a little longer, depending on humidity, the size of the cookie, etc.). Refrigerate remaining dough, covered, while other cookies are baking.
• In the meantime, make the frosting: combine the butter and milk in a small saucepan and cook until sugar is dissolved (or, you can cook in the microwave, about 30 seconds+/-). Let cool for several minutes (mixture will be still be warm). Stir in the powdered sugar, sifted, then add vanilla; whisk well until smooth.
• Frost cookies fresh out of the oven and while frosting is still somewhat warm; frosting will harden as it sits out; if necessary, reheat for a few seconds in the microwave until pliable again and/or add a few more drops of milk and restir.

FROSTED PUMPKIN-WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• 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 vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
• Stir in walnuts.
• Chill for at least 1 hour or until ready to bake.
• Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. I used a 1 1/2 inch cookie scoop and got 58 cookies.
• Bake at 375F for 11-12 minutes.
• Cool on wire racks.
• Frost with Maple Frosting.
• (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.You may need to add a bit more milk.
• Add maple extract, and beat well.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the pumpkin and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon; gradually mix into the creamed mixture. Stir in the walnuts and chocolate chips. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown. Cool on wire racks.