Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Sugar Glaze
Easy pumpkin cookies with a brown sugar glaze are sure to be an Autumn family favorite.
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 2 cups shortening
- 2 cups sugar white granulated
- 1 15 oz can of pumpkin
- 2 eggs
- 3 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 cups flour
Glaze
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 6 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Optional Additions to Dough
- 2 cups raisins
- 1 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
Cookie Dough
- In a medium bowl, cream together shortening and sugar until smooth.
- Add pumpkin, egg, milk, and vanilla to cream mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to cream mixture. Mix well.
Optional:
- Add raisins and/or chopped nuts
Baking
- Using a large spoon or cookie scoop (about 1 1/2 tablespoons dough,) drop mounds onto a lightly greased cookie sheet leaving about 2-3 inches between each cookie dough mound. If desired, slightly flatten each mound (press down about 1/2 inch to flatten the top a bit).
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool on the pan for about 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Glaze Instructions
- Once cookies have cooled completely, begin making glaze by melting butter in a medium sauce pan.
- Stir brown sugar and milk into melted butter. Reduce heat to medium-low and boil gently for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and pour into a large bowl. Mix in vanilla and powdered sugar.
- Spread each cooled cookie with glaze.
Notes
- Add extra milk if needed to keep glaze soft enough to spread