Frosted pumpkin-walnut cookies

90 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupButter/margarine, softened
cupBrown sugar, firmly
2eachesEggs
1cupPumpkin -cooked, mashed
½teaspoonLemon extract
½teaspoonVanilla extract
cupFlour - all purpose
1tablespoonBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
2teaspoonsPumpkin pie spice
1cupWalnuts, chopped
1eachMaple frosting recipe
¼cupButter/margarine, softened
cupPowdered sugar, sifted
2tablespoonsMilk
¾teaspoonMaple extract

Directions

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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 flavorings. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375F for 12 minutes.

Cool on wire racks. Frost with Maple Frosting. Yield: 7½ dozen.

(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. Add maple extract, and beat well. Yield: about 1 cup. From Southern Living Cookbook