Walnut Pumpkin Cookies

Servings:

These walnut pumpkin cookies are frosted with maple frosting. There has never been a person who has not loved these cookies, even those who do not like pumpkin cookies. A family recipe for 35 years, it has won 1st prize at a cookie exchange and a pumpkin contest at work. I usually triple the recipe!

Prep
20 min
Cook
27 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. 2 Beat sugar and shortening together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Mix in egg until incorporated. Add pumpkin and vanilla; mix well. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; mix until well combined. Fold in walnuts. Use a small teaspoon or cookie scoop to portion dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
  3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until the edges turn golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool.
  4. 4 Meanwhile, make frosting: Beat powdered sugar and butter together in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until a spreadable consistency is reached. Fold in maple extract until thoroughly combined.
  5. 5 Spread frosting over cooled cookies.

Nutrition per serving

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