Friday, December 07, 2007

Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Sugar Icing

Rating: 6 stars. These sweet cookies are what I plan on taking to the office cookie exchange this year.

Cookie Ingredients:
1 cup Crisco
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 cup Pumpkin
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 cups Flour
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Cinnamon

Icing Ingredients:
3 Tbsp. Oleo
4 Tbsp. Milk (preferably canned or 1/2 & 1/2)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla

Cookie Directions:
Cream together crisco, sugar and egg. Mix in pumpkin and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Icing Directions:
Boil oleo, milk and brown sugar for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Cool, then use mixer and add powdered sugar and vanilla.

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