The Efx3 Recipe Collection

This recipe is for very yummy pumpkin and spice drop cookies, they are very easy to make and taste quite good, they might be too “spicy” for younger children but they are a hit around my house. This cookie is very soft and moist, almost like pumpkin bread or muffin in bite size form(and easier to make) they look like brown blobs but they taste like harvest time. It’s the cookie on the right

1 cup shorting(I used part butter for flavor)

2 cups packed brown sugar

2 eggs

2 cups Pumpkin Puree

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups flour

1/2 cup whole wheat/graham flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon EACH Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Clove

Cream together the sugar, shortning and egg.

Add in the pumpkin and vanilla extract.

Sift together the flours, baking soda and spices.

Gradually add the flour/spice mix to the wet ingredients.

Chill for at least 1 hour

Drop by rounded teaspoon full onto lightly greased baking sheets.

Bake at 400f for 8 to 10 minutes (I found 10 to be just right)

Makes about 6 Dozen cookies.

These are very tasty pumpkins and spice cookies that you can roll out and cut into cute fall shapes then decorate as you like, I did fall leaves and acorns here but last week I made some that were Jack-O-Lanterns. This cookie is firm almost like thick sweet pie crust(but moister) they have a good flavor to them and don’t really need the frosting if you wish to leave that off.

1 cup butter(it is safe to use half shorting if you want them to have a longer shelf life)

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 Tablespoon Orange Zest OR 1 Teaspoon Orange Extract

1/2 cup packed pumpkin puree

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2  1/4 cups regular flour

1/4 cup whole wheat/graham flour

1/2 teaspoon each Ginger, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Clove

Prep time: 1 hour

First Cream together the butter, sugar and orange zest/extract.

Then add the pumpkin, egg yolk and vanilla.

Sift together the flours and the spices.

Carefully mix the flour/spice into the wet ingredients.

Chill the dough for 30 Minutes.

Roll out on a well floured surface and cut into desired shapes, place slightly apart on lightly greased baking sheets.

Bake at 375f  for 10 minutes. Makes about 2  1/2 dozen cookies.

Let them cool, and frost with Simple Icing. (1 cup confectioners sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1Tblsp milk)