Cookies for Fall

Today’s tried and true recipe is an awesome autumn treat, Old Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies!

Old Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies

These delightful pumpkin cookies are sure to become a family favorite – perfectly soft, absolutely delicious and so easy to make. Give them a try, you won’t be disappointed. These are the BEST cookies for fall!

 

Read great reviews from people who tried this recipe on Pinterest (photos).

This cookie recipe is from Very Best Baking by Nestle (this is NOT a sponsored post). I had a can of Libby’s Pure Pumpkin and wanted to make cookies – a quick google search and I found a winning recipe!

What You Need

What you need for the cookies – flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, salt, sugar, butter, pure pumpkin, egg and pure vanilla extract.

What you need for the glaze –  powdered sugar, milk, butter and pure vanilla extract.

 

How To Make

Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. then grease baking sheet(s). In a medium size bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt – mix well.

In a separate large bowl, mix/beat butter and sugar until blended well, then add pumpkin, egg and vanilla, mix until batter is smooth.

Slowly add flour mixture to the pumpkin batter, mixing until just blended. Do not over mix.

Drop rounded tablespoon size cookie dough on baking sheet (I used a Pampered Chef medium size scooper). Bake on middle rack of oven for approximately 15 – 18 minutes, until the edges of the cookies turn a slight golden brown and are firm.

Remove from oven, cool for a few minutes on baking sheet, then move cookies to cooling rack to finish cooling.

For Glaze – Sift powdered sugar then add melted butter, milk and vanilla in a small bowl – mix until smooth.

Once cookies are cooled completely, drizzle glaze on top.  Do not drizzle glaze over cookies until cookies are cool. 

Recipe made 32 cookies using my medium Pampered Chef scooper.

Not only are these cookies fantastic, a huge hit with family and my daughter’s friends – they made my house smell amazing!!

 

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a sponsored post, I have no affiliation with Very Best Baking by Nestle or Libby’s Pumpkin,  I am just a fan of this awesome cookie recipe. When I share a tried & true recipe, I always credit the source and often will send you to the site for directions and/or to print. All you need to do is click “Print Recipe” below and it will take you to the full recipe to print.  It’s important to me to share the love and send you to the original source.

 

Old Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies

Recipe from Very Best Baking by Nestle

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INGREDIENTS

Cookies

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1  1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
• 1 cup pure pumpkin  (I used Libby’s 100% pure pumpkin)
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Glaze

• 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

 

DIRECTIONS

Cookies:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. then grease baking sheet(s).

In a medium size bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt – mix well.

In a separate large bowl, mix/beat butter and sugar until blended well, then add pumpkin, egg and vanilla, mix until batter is smooth.

Slowly add flour mixture to the pumpkin batter, mixing until just blended. Do not over mix.

Drop rounded tablespoon size cookie dough on baking sheet (I used a Pampered Chef medium size scooper).

Bake on middle rack of oven for approximately 15 – 18 minutes, until the edges of the cookies turn a slight golden brown and are firm.

Remove from oven, cool for a few minutes on baking sheet, then move cookies to cooling rack to finish cooling.

 

Glaze:

Sift powdered sugar then add melted butter, milk and vanilla in a small bowl – mix until smooth.

Once cookies are cooled completely, drizzle glaze on top.  Do not drizzle glaze over cookies until cookies are cool. 

 

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