Lazy morning with my sweet little boy today, pajamas and all! I had baked a whole pumpkin a couple days ago and pureed the inside so I thought pumpkin cookies? From that idea, I whipped together this recipe in my “test” kitchen! Tis’ the Season! Enjoy!
Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 sticks butter softened
3/4 cup each of BOTH dark brown sugar (packed) and white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
3/4 cup pure pumpkin (canned will work great)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 bag (12oz) white chocolate chips
Cinnamon Glaze Drizzle
1 cup powdered sugar
5 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:
This is easiest with a stand or electric hand mixer. Put in butter, brown sugar and white sugar. Cream together, stirring on low till combined. Add in vanilla and pumpkin pie spice and incorporate by mixing again for a few seconds. Add in pumpkin and stir. Now add in each egg, 1 at a time, stirring on medium in between. Now add dry ingredients…salt, baking powder and half the flour. Stir on medium then add in the final amount of flour. Next fold in white chocolate chips with a rubber spatula. Spoon large teaspoon fulls onto baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes at 375*. When cookies come out of the oven and are cooled off a bit then mix together powdered sugar, water, and cinnamon in a small bowl and whisk quickly. Take a spoon or fork and drizzle over cookies.
Makes: 72 cookies! Plenty to give away as gifts!
