Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

In honor of fall and pumpkin flavored everything coming back in trend, I made 

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies! 

 

 

 

Beware: This recipe makes 60 cookies!

 Here's the link to Pinterest I used for this one! 

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/177329304053330912/

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

½ cup canned pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
1 cup sugar
⅔ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
4 cups flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Betty Crocker Cream Cheese Icing (I cheated and used this instead of making icing)

 

 

Directions:

1. In a large bowl mix together butter, pumpkin, sugar, powdered sugar, vanilla, and eggs until smooth.
2. In another bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
3. Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients until incorporated. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a baking sheet with cooking spray.
5. Roll dough into 2-inch balls and place on baking sheet. Use the bottom of a tall glass (or jar) to flatten the dough balls to ½ inch thickness. Bake for 10-14 minutes until cookies start to look "dry". Allow to cool completely on the baking sheet.
6. Store cookies in an airtight container (separate layers of cookies with wax paper or parchment paper) Frost cookies immediately before serving.

Be sure to flatten the dough before baking or you will end up with pumpkin flavored hockey pucks like this one!

#PinterestFail

 

 

Happy Fall!