Maggie's Pumpkin Cookies

For the first pumpkin taste of the fall, Maggie and I made a delicious batch of homemade pumpkin cookies.. I hope you enjoy as much as we did!

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsps ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 2 cups confectioner's sugar
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp melted butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 tsp vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by the spoonful.

Bake 15-20 minutes. Allow cookies to cool then drizzle glaze with a fork.

To make glaze: combine confectioner's sugar, milk, 1 tbsp melted butter and teaspoon vanilla. Add milk as need to achieve drizzling consistency. Enjoy!