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Orange-Glazed Pumpkin Cookies

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The orange glaze on these soft pumpkin cookies is the perfect marriage of flavors. I guarantee they won’t last long.

Ingredients

  • 2-½ cups All-purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons Freshly Grated Nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • ½ cups (1 Stick) Unsalted Butter, Softened
  • 1-½ cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Canned Pure Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 whole Large Egg
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • GLAZE
  • 2 cups Confectioners Sugar (Sifted)
  • 3 Tablespoons Milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Unsalted Butter, melted
  • ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • ½ teaspoons Pure Orange Extract

Preparation

MAKE THE COOKIES: Preheat the oven to 350. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into a medium bowl.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the pumpkin, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually stir in the flour mixture just until blended.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto prepared baking sheets. (Ice cream scoops work great here.) Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until firm around the edges. The centers will be soft to the touch. Cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet, then remove to wire rack and cool completely.

FOR THE GLAZE: In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients and stir until smooth. When cookies are cool, dip the tops of the cookies in the glaze. Set aside until glaze sets. The cookies will keep in airtight container for 3 days. If that long!

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christinamackie on 12.27.2009

Fabulous cookies! Out of all my Christmas cookies, these were everyone’s fave. yumm-o!

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nashaw on 12.4.2009

Oh my goodness! These were so delicious and soft, my family finished off the whole batch in one evening! I used orange zest instead of the extract and that was a huge hit! They remind me a lot of orange danish rolls that I had when I was a kid… nostalgia… love them!

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blcollette on 10.10.2009

My children & I made this cookies yesterday, and there are none, zip, zero left today!! These were the most delicious cookies. The recipe has made it into the recipe box as a “keeper”! Thank you!

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nashaw on 10.18.2011

Wow, best pumkin cookie recipe ever!!! Soft, delicious, and the orange glaze is not to be passed up, it seal the deal on these amazing flavors. Now one of my favorite cookie recipes ever!

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cshanyn on 2.2.2011

These are amazing!!! I was out of powdered sugar when I made these so I had to skip the glaze and just put the orange in the cookies themselves and sprinkled sugar on top for a bit of crunch before baking. They are wonderfully soft and the flavor is delicious – thank you so much for the recipe!

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