pumpkin cookies, was it worth it?

16 years ago

Well, it's the time of year to start using pumpkin again. I made a loaf of pumpkin bread in the convection microwave (using convection only setting) and it turned out very nice. Then I decided to make some pumpkin cookies. I'd never made them before, but they are good and I will certainly make them again. The icing really made these cookies. I left the icing off a few of them, and they are just not the same. They are very soft though. Sharon, I think I get an F in photo class... I took the picture at night and my "paper sweep" was parchment paper (the only think I had that I thought might work)... you can see the counter right through the paper! I'll get the hang of it yet.

The cookies:

True to form, I had a mishap. It was 3 AM when I decided to start baking so by the time the last batch came out, I was pretty tired. Not paying attention, I burned my arm on the cookie sheet while taking it out of the oven. It hurt a lot, but I put aloe gel on it and now it's OK. I guess the cookies were worth it, but I've never seen such a burn before! Of course everyone at work had to comment. I shoved their mouths full of cookies to shut them up.

The burn:

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vacuumfreak
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16 years ago
I meant to post the recipe, but I hit submit instead of preview and it didn't take.

Libby's Old-Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients

* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
* 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
* 1 cup LIBBY'SÂ® 100% Pure Pumpkin
* 1 large egg
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* Glaze (recipe follows)

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Directions

PREHEAT oven to 350Â° F. Grease baking sheets.

COMBINE flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in medium bowl. Beat sugar and butter in large mixer bowl until well blended. Beat in pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract until smooth. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto prepared baking sheets.

BAKE for 15 to 18 minutes or until edges are firm. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Drizzle Glaze over cookies.

FOR GLAZE:
COMBINE 2 cups sifted powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in small bowl until smooth.

Here is a link that might be useful: The recipe
mustangs81
16 years ago
Very nice Bobby and wear that burn as a badge of honor! Now go to sleep.

Cathy
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booberry85
16 years ago
OUUUCH! Ok, it was probably more of an *explicative* wasn't Bobby? That burn just looks painful. Your cookies look wonderful though. I'm sure your co-workers appreciated them.
susytwo
16 years ago
Call me crazy, and maybe it's just because its this time of year, but I see the face of a cat in your burn! Spooky!

Those cookies look really good. That might be something I try this year (the cookies, not the burn).
lyndaluu2
16 years ago
The cookies look great Bobby!!!

Sorry about the burn....I've done the same thing, it really hurts.

Linda
lpinkmountain
16 years ago
Cookies look yum, thanks for sharing the recipe!
Keep putting aloe on the burn as it heals, it will minimize the scarring.
annie1992
16 years ago
I have an aloe plant in my kitchen, just for such things. Ouch, though, I'm sorry it happened.

The cookies look delicious, but everything's better with icing!

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katefisher
16 years ago
Cookies look lovely. Very sweet of you to share with co workers.

Your burn looks like the kind of thing I do to myself on our wood stove several times per winter. The fact that I know it is inevitable by no means make it easier to deal with. I hope that heals quickly for you.

Kate
Fori
16 years ago
Those look good!

(The photo is pretty good too--the background is just swirly and subtle. Umm the burn photo is quite focused as well. A cat head resting in a devil tail. Ouch!)
Rusty
16 years ago
Bobby, your cookies look delicious!
I'm going to try them soon, I'm in the mood for pumpkin things.

And there is not one single thing wrong with your photo.
It looks like real food prepared by a real person in a real home kitchen, for real people to eat.
And that is really a lot more appetizing (and realistic) than the professional glossy magazine type of picture.

That is not intended to put professional appearing photographs down. It's just my opinion of what seems 'right' for a forum like this.

And I, too, have had some bad burns because I didn't pay attention. Good thing you had some Aloe Vera, that stuff is a very good thing!

Rusty
tami_ohio
16 years ago
Cookies look great! I just might have to give them a try.

The burn, I agree, looks like a cat curled inside a tail. Take real good care of it so it doesn't get infected.

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CA Kate z9
16 years ago
I just made the Pumpkin Cookie recipe posted on the the Harvest Forum --- very similar, but has nuts and chocolate chips in them. The cookies were good, but next time i'll leave out the chips. I also put a little pumpkin pie spice in the frosting and we liked that.

Bad burn! Do take care of it. And, I agree about the burn looking like a cat with tail.... very Halloween.
canarybird01
16 years ago
Bobby your photos are just fine and there's nothing wrong with the background. The cookies look so good!

I'm sorry about your burn. It looks like a nasty one.
But it looks to me like a Viking ship under full sail.
Put some salve or aloe vera on it and put a gauze bandage over it for a couple of days to keep it clean.

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