Nannys Pumpkin Cookies With Maple Penuche Frosting Recipes

NANNY'S PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH MAPLE PENUCHE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In large bowl or mixer beat together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 cup butter until light and fluffy.
• Add pumpkin, vanilla, and egg and blend well.
• Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt mix well.
• Stir in pecans.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls (an 80 scoop works great!) a couple of inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 350°F for 10-12 min or just until the edges only are light golden brown.
• Immediately remove from cookie sheets and cool on rack.
• Maple Penuche Frosting.
• In a medium sauce pan combine 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, 3 tbls butter and bring to a boil.
• Add maple syrup and cook over medium heat for 1 minute or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly!
• Let cool 10 minutes.
• Add cream; and beat until smooth.
• Beat in powdered sugar gradually until desired consistency for frosting.
• Frost cooled cookies and keep in single layer in an air tight container to keep moist and fresh--that is if they last that long!

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH PENUCHE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together shortening, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and white sugar. Mix in pumpkin, egg, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; mix into the creamed mixture. Stir in walnuts. Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the 3 tablespoons butter and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute, or until slightly thickened. Cool slightly, then stir in the milk, and beat until smooth. Gradually stir in 2 cups confectioners' sugar until frosting has reached desired consistency. Spread on cooled cookies.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH MAPLE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice for cookies together in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Combine shortening and brown sugar in a second large bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla extract; mix well until combined. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix well. Add remaining flour mixture and mix again.
• Scoop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, arranging 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned at the edges, about 14 minutes, rotating baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through baking time.
• While the cookies bake, combine butter and maple syrup for icing in a medium bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until smooth. Add pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla extract. Mix well. Add powdered sugar and beat until fluffy. Add food coloring and beat until uniform. Set aside.
• Remove cookies from the oven and let cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely, 20 to 30 minutes more. Pipe or spread icing onto cooled cookies and decorate with sprinkles as desired.