Grandpa Bens Pumpkin Cookies Recipes

GRANDMA'S PUMPKIN OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla extract.
• Mix flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl.
• Add dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture; mix until evenly incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop scoopfuls of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are firm and bottoms are golden brown, about 12 minutes. Repeat with remaining cooking dough.

OLD FASHIONED SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla; beat until light and creamy.
• Mix in dry ingredients until well blended.
• Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto greased cookie sheet.
• Smooth tops of cookies.
• Bake in preheated 350°F degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients, stirring until smooth and set aside.
• Cool baked cookies on wire rack.
• Drizzle glaze over top.
• For variations, stir any one of the following ingredients into batter: 1 cup raisins, chopped nuts, or rolled oats and/or 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained.

GRANDPA BEN'S PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• With mixer, cream butter and sugar together.
• Add eggs, pumpkin and vanilla and mix well.
• In separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and oats.
• With mixer, add dry mixture with moist mixture, mix until fully incorporated.
• Fold in raisins, pecans and chips.
• Drop T spoon size onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minute @ 350 degrees in preheated oven or until light brown.