Pumpkin Cranberry Cookies
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 1 cup mashed cooked pumpkin*
- 1 Land O Lakes Egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups sweetened dried cranberries
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons orange juice
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or lightly grease; set aside.
- Combine sugar and butter in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy.
- Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
- Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until well mixed.
- Stir in cranberries, walnuts and orange zest.
- Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake 11-13 minutes or until golden brown around edges.
- Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack.
- Cool completely.
- Combine powdered sugar and enough orange juice in bowl for desired drizzling consistency.
- Drizzle glaze over cookies.
- *Substitute 1 cup canned pumpkin.
sugar, butter, mashed cooked pumpkin, egg, vanilla, flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt, cranberries, walnuts, orange zest, powdered sugar, orange juice
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1764/pumpkin-cranberry-cookies (may not work)