Alaska- Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Cookie #2 in our "Cookie Nation"!

ALASKA!

I really liked this cookie!  Alaskans know what they are doing!
But then, I love pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin spice!
Fast to make, these were really delicious and substantial. My family had them eaten up in 24 hours.

Grade:  A

ICED PUMPKIN COOKIE'S

2 1/2 c. flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp. ground cloves

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 c. butter, softened

1 1/2 c. sugar

1 c. pumpkin puree

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine first 7 ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt) and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter and sugar.  Add the pumpkin puree, egg and vanilla extract and beat until creamy.  Mix in the dry ingredients.

Drop 1 heaping Tablespoon of dough onto cookie sheets, and flatten slightly (this dough is sticky so I had a difficult time flattening the cookie down at first-but then I had a mini epiphany-I very lightly dipped a spoon in water and then pressed the cookie down slightly-no sticking!).

Bake for 15-20 min.  Cool the cookies on wire racks and drizzle with icing.

ICING

2 c. powdered sugar

3 Tbsp. milk

1 Tbsp. melted butter

1 tsp. vanilla extract

combine all together, and drizzle over cookies.

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