Pumpkin Cookie Recipe

I had a couple people ask for my pumpkin cookie recipe, so here it is! Go bake some now! They're worth the trouble just to get that great cinnamon-y smell in your house!

Pumpkin Cookies Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

NOTE: My family never uses nutmeg or cloves, ick, not even in pumpkin pie. So if you make it the Arnesen way, you double the cinnamon and just leave out the nutmeg and cloves. Easy peasy.


Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly.
3. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven.
   

And that's it! Super simple! If you want to be really fancy, whip up some cream cheese frosting (or open a can) and put some of that on the cookies. I go back and forth. Sometimes I frost the cookies and sometimes I don't, they're amazing either way. Now go bake some! Go!