Yummy Pumpkin Softies Recipes

SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream together sugar and butter. Add egg, vanilla, pumpkin and walnuts.
• Stir in flour, baking powder and salt; mix well.
• Drop by the tablespoon on cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

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.

PUMPKIN-PECAN SOFTIES WITH MAPLE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease two heavy large baking sheets. Whisk the first 6 ingredients to blend in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until smooth and light. Beat in the eggs, then the pumpkin. Mix in the dry ingredients and 1 cup pecans. Drop the dough onto prepared baking sheets by rounded tablespoonfuls, spacing evenly. Bake until the cookies are golden brown, about 12 minutes. Meanwhile: stir the powdered sugar and maple syrup to blend in a small bowl, adding additional maple syrup by teaspoonfuls if necessary until mixture is easily spreadable. Carefully spread the icing over a warm cookie and sprinkle with a few of the remaining pecans. Repeat until all the cookies are frosted; cool completely. Store the cookies in an airtight container and enjoy within 3 days.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP SOFTIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• In another bowl, add brown sugar, graulated sugar, vanilla extract and oil. Stir to combine. With a mixer beat in pumpkin, then egg (or egg replacer). Slowly beat in the dry ingredients until everything is combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Drop heaping tablespoons onto greased cookie sheet and bake 12-14 minutes.

YUMMY PUMPKIN SOFTIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F In a large mixing bowl, beat brown sugar and butter until creamy. Add pumpkin and eggs; beat well. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; stir into pumpkin mixture, mixing until dry ingredients are moistened. Lightly spray 2 baking sheets with cooking spray. Drop dough onto prepared pans by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls. If desired, smooth tops of the dough with the back of a spoon and decorate with dried fruits or nuts. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.