Pumpkin-Glazed Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients

Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup cooked and mashed pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Spicy Pumpkin Glaze

• 1 1/4 cups unsifted powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 3 tablespoons mashed pumpkin

Directions

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.

2. 2

   Measure flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice and ginger and mix in bowl. Stir into creamed mixture to make a rather soft cookie dough. Stir in nuts.

3. 3

   Spoon out onto greased cookie sheets, about 2-inches apart in rounded teaspoonfuls.

4. 4

   Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes.

5. 5

   Remove while hot onto rack.

6. 6

   Cool slightly. Spoon glaze over while cookies are still warm.

7. 7

   Spicy Pumpkin Glaze: Stir together powdered sugar, butter, cinnamon, and allspice. Blend in pumpkin to make a smooth glaze.