Oct
2010
What’s for Halloween – Pumpkin Cookies
Happy Halloween! My little pirate is taking a nap so I thought I’d post this delicious pumpkin cookie recipe, from Martha Stewart. I made them a few days ago and they are perfect alone or with a steamy mug of tea – which is something I’m craving since there is snow on the ground here in Ottawa!
Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Icing – Martha Stewart Recipes
Ingredients
Makes about 6 dozen - I made mine a little big (I didn’t have a pastry bag and tip to use, so I just scooped out dough with a spoon), so I got about 4 dozen.
FOR THE COOKIES
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin (14 ounces)
- 3/4 cup evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
FOR THE ICING
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon evaporated milk,
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Directions
- Make cookies: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a medium bowl; set aside.
- Put butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs. Reduce speed to low. Add pumpkin, evaporated milk, and vanilla; mix until well blended, about 2 minutes. Add flour mixture; mix until combined.
- Transfer 1 1/2 cups batter to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip (such as Ateco #806). Pipe 1 1/2-inch rounds onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until tops spring back, about 12 minutes. Cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely.
- Make icing: Put confectioners’ sugar in a large bowl; set aside. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling pan occasionally, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Immediately add butter to confectioners’ sugar, scraping any browned bits from sides and bottom of pan. Add evaporated milk and vanilla; stir until smooth. Spread about 1 teaspoon icing onto each cookie. If icing stiffens, stir in more evaporated milk, a little at a time. Cookies can be stored in single layers in airtight containers at room temperature up to 3 days.
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Danica
November 1, 2010 at 1:45 PM (961 days ago)*drool*
Danica recently posted..Cute as a bug!
Stacey
November 1, 2010 at 2:20 PM (961 days ago)Seriously, they are crazy good! The icing would be fab on pretty much anything *drool*
Kaisa
November 4, 2010 at 7:18 PM (958 days ago)mm, they look so good!