Glazed Pumpkin Cookies

I make these around Halloween every year! They are moist and just delicious in every way. I love that it's an October tradition, it makes them even more special. 

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 t baking powder
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 1/2 t cinnamon
• 1 1/2 t pumpkin spice or if you don't have that- 1/2 t nutmeg, 1/2 t cloves and 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1 egg
• 1 t vanilla extract

Glaze Ingredients:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 Tb milk
• 1 Tb melted butter
• 1 t vanilla extract
• Pinch cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350*.

Combine all dry ingredients in cookie recipe.  Set aside.

In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Add the pumpkin, egg, and 1 t vanilla to the butter mixture and eat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients.  Drop on greased cookie sheet by tablespoons, flatten slightly .

Bake for 15 minutes in oven. Cool and then drizzle glaze with fork. 

To prepare glaze, combine glaze ingredients and add milk as necessary to achieve drizzling consistency.