Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Iced Pumpkin Cookies

from allrecipes.com
Dessert
35 min
122 kcal / serving

Soft pumpkin cookies, perfectly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, are drizzled with sweet icing for a crowd-pleasing fall treat.

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cupsall-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoonsground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1 teaspoonbaking soda
  • ½ teaspoonground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoonground cloves
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • 1 ½ cupswhite sugar
  • ½ cupbutter, softened
  • 1 cupcanned pumpkin puree
  • 1egg
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  • 2 cupsconfectioners' sugar
  • 3 tablespoonsmilk
  • 1 tablespoonmelted butter
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.

  2. 2

    To make the pumpkin cookies: Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cloves, and salt in a medium bowl.

  3. 3

    Cream sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla; beat until creamy. Mix in flour mixture until combined.

  4. 4

    Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared cookie sheets; flatten slightly.

  5. 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until centers are set, 15 to 20 minutes, switching racks halfway through. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.

  6. 6

    Meanwhile, make the icing: Stir together confectioners' sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. Add milk as needed, to achieve drizzling consistency.

  7. 7

    Drizzle icing over cooled cookies with a fork.