best pumpkin cookies

🥘 Ingredients

• • butter
• • sugar
• • brown sugar
• • canned pumpkin
• • egg
• • vanilla extract
• • flour
• • baking soda
• • baking powder
• • cinnamon
• • ground nutmeg
• • salt
• • dark brown sugar
• • milk
• • confectioners' sugar

📝 Instructions

1. 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. 2 have ready some ungreased baking sheets
3. 3 in a large mixing bowl , cream butter and the sugars together until light and fluffy
4. 4 blend in pumpkin , egg and vanilla extract
5. 5 in separate bowl , stir together flour , baking soda , baking powder , cinnamon , nutmeg and salt
6. 6 mix flour mixture into butter-sugar mixture
7. 7 drop tablespoonfuls 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets
8. 8 bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until golden around the edges
9. 9 remove warm cookies and transfer to racks
10. 10 let cool completely for a least one half hour , then frost with glaze
11. 11 for glaze:
12. 12 in a medium saucepan , heat butter and brown sugar over medium heat until bubbly
13. 13 cook , stirring constantly , for one minute or until slightly thickened
14. 14 beat in the milk
15. 15 blend in confectioner's sugar until the glaze is smooth and spreadable
16. 16 using a silicone basting brush , which i love and use religiously now , or a butter knife to spread glaze on cookies is the best
17. 17 please
18. 18 i suggest that you keep the saucepan over the stove on the lowest heat possible to prevent it from hardening