Recipe: Pumpkin Cookies edit

Tags: Autumn, Cookies, Dessert, Fall, Holiday, Season, Thanksgiving

Yield: 3 dozen cookies

edit Ingredients

1	cup butter, softened
1	cup white sugar
1	cup brown sugar (packed down tight in cup)
1	egg
1	teaspoon vanilla extract
1	cup pumpkin puree
1	cup rolled oats
1	teaspoon baking powder
1	teaspoon ground cinnamon
½	teaspoon salt
1	cup raisins or cranberries
2 ½	cups all-purpose flour
1	teaspoon pumpkin spice (mix of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves)

edit Preparation

Step 1	Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit
Step 2	Cream together the white sugar, brown sugar, and butter until fluffy
Step 3	Beat in the egg, vanilla, and pumpkin
Step 4	Mix together the oats, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, raisins (or cranberries), pumpkin spice, and flour in a separate bowl.
Step 5	Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients
Step 6	Cover cookie sheets with Parchment paper
Step 7	Scoop heaping teaspoons full of dough onto the cookie sheets
Step 8	Bake 12 to 15 minutes, or until cookies are starting to brown around the edges
Step 9	Remove cookie sheets from oven and transfer cookies to cooling racks

edit Tools

Scoop
1 medium bowl
1 large bowl
Oven
Cookie sheet

edit About Pumpkin Cookies

Cookies can also be frosted with a powdered sugar glaze. Chocolate chips are a fun addition.

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Edited by: Alisa Escanlar, Sheri, Sarah Donnell, Barnaby Dorfman, Yuna Wu, rewolf

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