Iced Pumpkin Cookies. Soft and cakelike, not at all dense or sticky. The take on a beautiful shape while baking. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Combine the flours, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger, salt, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.

Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla and mix well. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Iced Pumpkin Cookies - these soft and spicy cookies are delicious and topped with an easy cinnamon glaze makiing them simply irresistible. You can cook Iced Pumpkin Cookies using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Iced Pumpkin Cookies

You need 4 cup of all-purpose flour.
It's 1 cup of Rolled Oats.
Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
It's 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
It's 1 tsp of salt.
Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Vegetable shortening.
Prepare 1 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of packed light brown sugar.
You need 1 of large egg.
You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
Prepare 1 can of pumpkin (15 oz.).

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Iced Pumpkin Cookies instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F..
Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt..
In a large bowl, cream together the vegetable shortening and both sugars. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Beat in the pumpkin. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients..
Drop the dough by spoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets..
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until lightly colored. Transfer to wire racks to cool fully before icing (if desired)..
To make the vanilla icing all I did was put a 1/2 cup of powdered sugar in a bowl with a tiny amount of vanilla and added a teaspoon or water at a time until the right consistency. If too watery add more powdered sugar, or more water if too thick..

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