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Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Browned Butter Icing

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This Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Browned Butter Icing recipe produces cake-like spiced cookies flavored with pumpkin and cinnamon. Directions for Browned Butter Icing included.

SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER ICING
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It’s hard to beat pumpkin pie, but these Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Browned Butter Icing are right up there when it comes to celebrating the fall season. 

Delicately flavored brown butter icing, which you can make in the microwave, complements the cinnamon and pumpkin perfectly. Chopped pecans add not only class but also flavor and crunchy texture to this otherwise simple cookie.

Are you wondering what to do with the leftover pumpkin? Read about three ideas for what to do with 1/4 cup of pumpkin.

If you make this and enjoy the recipe, it would help me and others if you would return to this post and leave a rating (on the recipe card itself underneath the picture). Although always appreciated, no comment is required. Thank you for visiting! Paula

Yield: 5 dozen small cookies

Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Browned Butter Icing

Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Browned Butter Icing

Cake-like spiced cookies flavored with pumpkin. Directions for Browned Butter Icing included.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes

Ingredients

  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup plain yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup pumpkin, canned
  • 2 ¾ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon soda
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

  1. Cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs and combine. Add yogurt, vanilla and pumpkin.
  2. Combine with flour, salt, baking powder, soda and cinnamon. Drop by tablespoonfuls on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes .

Browned Butter Icing

  1. Brown 2-3 T. butter (the real thing) in a small skillet. (May take several minutes on low heat—be careful not to burn or you have to start over.)
  2. Add 2 cups powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon warm milk. Beat until smooth. May need to add more sugar or milk to get the right consistency. As it cools, it gets thick—just add a little more milk and stir.
  3. Ice cookies. Before icing dries, sprinkle with chopped, toasted pecans.
  4. These freeze beautifully. Wrap well.
© Paula
Category: Cookies

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  1. Kara

    November 26, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    Thank you Paula! I am getting ready to make theses right now. Can’t wait to taste them! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Kara

    November 20, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    Can you use butter flavored shortening with these instead?

    Reply
    • Paula

      November 26, 2012 at 7:22 am

      Hi Kara,
      Did I already answer your question? If not, I’m sorry it has taken so long. I think the butter-flavored shortening would be fine, although I have not tried it myself.

      Reply
  3. carolyn

    October 27, 2011 at 3:46 am

    I am up early and cannot wait for daylight to maake thes cookies.( Maybe for breakfast ).

    Reply
  4. Ann Hastings

    October 27, 2009 at 9:47 am

    I am going to make these for our employee bake sale this Friday, it raises money for people in need… so I am sure they’ll be a hit 🙂

    Reply
  5. April

    October 26, 2009 at 9:31 am

    What beautiful cookies, and the brown butter icing sounds wonderful

    Reply
  6. Sis

    October 24, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Cool picture.

    Reply
  7. Mommas Soapbox

    October 24, 2009 at 2:56 am

    thanks for visiting my blog! I hope your hubby enjoyed the cartoon and I hope his door problem is fixed.

    I’m cookin’ with my rugrats tomorrow and these cookies are on the list! Love your blog!

    thanks again!

    Reply
  8. Steve

    October 23, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Staci would not share!

    Reply
  9. Ann Hastings

    October 23, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    These look a lot like the Soft Cinnamon Cookies with Browned Butter Icing that I make all the time since you posted the recipe- I’ll have to make these this weekend too I guess 🙂

    Reply
    • Romaine

      October 23, 2009 at 6:56 pm

      You are right. They are similar. The icing is exactly the same. Glad you are enjoying the cinnamon cookies.

      Reply
  10. Pam

    October 23, 2009 at 7:13 am

    Awe, your cookies look SO good!

    Reply
  11. Sue

    October 22, 2009 at 10:09 am

    I was lucky enough to taste this wonderful recipe at Romaine’s home recently but I am not responsible for that bite out of the cookie pictured. I couldn’t resist and ate all my cookie. I am so glad to have the recipe now.

    Reply
  12. COZY KITCHEN BY THE SEA

    October 22, 2009 at 8:30 am

    YUM . YUM. ! ! !

    Reply
  13. Staci

    October 22, 2009 at 7:22 am

    Don’t forget that my house is on your way to work. If you ever need taste testers…we’re available 😉 These look delicious!!!

    Reply

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