Shelly's Recipe

FROSTED PUMPKIN WALNUT COOKIES

Category: Cookies

1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1/2 tsp lemon extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly
1 cup pumpkin -cooked, mashed
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp baking powder
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Cream 1/2 cup butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well at medium speed of your electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in pumpkin and flavorings.

Combine flour, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoonful 2 inch apart onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Frost with Maple Frosting (see below).

Maple Frosting
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
3/4 tsp maple extract
2 tbsp milk

Cream butter; gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well at medium speed with your electric mixer. Add remaining sugar alternately with milk, beating until smooth enough to spread. Add maple extract and beat well.