Autumn Pumpkin-Witches Cookies

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 12 teaspoon cinnamon
• 12 teaspoon nutmeg
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 12 teaspoon baking powder
• 12 teaspoon baking soda
• 13 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
• parchment paper or cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin
• 1 12 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Spray baking sheet or line it with parchment.
3. In large bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, oil, and egg.
4. In separate bowl, sift flour; add ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
5. Add in pumpkin mixture, blending well; add in pumpkin seeds.
6. Drop small scoops of dough (approx.
7. 1 1/8 inches) on to sheet, approx 2" apart.
8. With wet fingers, swirl each mixture into wider, flat disk-like shape.
9. Bake about 8 minutes, until edges begin to brown.
10. Remove from oven and let cool.
11. While cooling, make filling.
12. You may use mixer or mix by hand.
13. Mix sugar, butter, pumpkin, and vanilla.
14. Whip it until spreadable.
15. With about 1 tablespoon of filling, sandwich cooled cookies together.

sugar, pumpkin, egg, vegetable oil, flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin seeds, parchment paper, pumpkin, powdered sugar, butter, vanilla

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/autumn-pumpkin-witches-cookies-32803 (may not work)