Pumpkin Face Cookies Recipes

MAKE-A-FACE PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Place waxed paper on microwavable plate. Mix all ingredients except candies until very soft dough forms.
• Drop dough by 2 rounded tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper; spread to make 3-inch circle. Make 3 cookies at a time. Decorate with candies to make monster faces, placing candies within 1/2 inch of edges.
• Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute. Turn plate 1/2 turn. Microwave 30 seconds to 1 minute longer, checking once or twice, until cookies are puffed and dry. Slide waxed paper with cookies onto wire rack. Cool 5 minutes; remove from waxed paper to wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough.

SOFT AND CHEWY PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream together butter, white sugar and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla and pumpkin.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the oats, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, raisins and flour. Stir into pumpkin mixture.
• Drop cookies by the heaping teaspoonful on to cookie sheets covered with parchment paper. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until slightly browned around edges.
• Remove from oven and place on cooling racks. Frost with your favorite powdered sugar glaze or leave plain.

PUMPKIN SPICE CUTOUTS

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin pie mix and molasses. In another bowl, whisk next 6 ingredients; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap. Refrigerate several hours, until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake until edges are firm, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For icing, beat confectioners' sugar, butter and enough milk to reach spreading consistency. If desired, tint with food coloring. Decorate cookies as desired.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the pumpkin and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon; gradually mix into the creamed mixture. Stir in the walnuts and chocolate chips. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown. Cool on wire racks.

PUMPKIN DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Bake the cookies: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and put aside.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter for 30 seconds, then add brown sugar, beating until fluffy. Scrape down sides of bowl and mix again to combine.
• Add egg and mix until incorporated, then add vanilla, pumpkin and orange zest to butter mixture. Beat well, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl as necessary.
• Add dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix just to combine. Mix in currants and walnuts.
• Drop by batter by heaping tablespoons on a parchment-lined baking sheet, two inches apart. Flatten slightly. Bake about 14 to 16 minutes until tops are set. Let cool.
• Once the cookies have cooled and you are ready to frost the cookies, prepare the icing: Heat butter over medium heat until it darkens, being careful not to burn. Remove from heat and whisk in confectioners' sugar and milk alternately, mixing thoroughly. Add more milk to reach desired consistency.
• Spread icing on top of cooled cookies, decorating each with a pecan half.

OLD FASHIONED SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla; beat until light and creamy.
• Mix in dry ingredients until well blended.
• Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto greased cookie sheet.
• Smooth tops of cookies.
• Bake in preheated 350°F degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients, stirring until smooth and set aside.
• Cool baked cookies on wire rack.
• Drizzle glaze over top.
• For variations, stir any one of the following ingredients into batter: 1 cup raisins, chopped nuts, or rolled oats and/or 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained.

GREAT PUMPKIN COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• Cream butter and gradually add sugar beating until light and fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
• Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• For each cookie, drop ¼ cup dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet and spread into pumpkin shape using a thin metal spatula.
• Add a bit more dough to form stem.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until cookies are firm and lightly butter to affix assorted candies, raisins and nuts mixing them up to make different faces.

PUMPKIN SPICE SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter and 2 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Sift flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and beat until flour is completely incorporated. Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Pour 1/4 cup sugar into a shallow bowl.
• Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Moisten the bottom of a glass with water and dip the glass in sugar. Gently flatten each drop of cookie dough with the bottom of the sugared glass.
• Bake cookies in the preheated oven until set, 5 to 7 minutes.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING (THE WORLD'S BEST!)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl. Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, brown sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and egg with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl, beating until mixture is smooth. Beat in pumpkin puree. Gradually stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture. Batter will be moist.
• Spoon batter by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes on sheets before removing to finish cooling on waxed paper.
• Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until soft and creamy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, about 1/2 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Frost cooled cookies with cream cheese frosting.

ORANGE PUMPKIN FACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4. Put the butter in a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth. Add the flour, icing sugar and orange zest and beat together to make a softish dough. Knead into a ball and wrap in cling film. Chill for 1 hour.
• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of about 3mm. Cut 24 circles with a 7.5 cm round plain cutter. Put them on a couple of baking sheets.
• Using a small sharp knife, cut out Hallowe'en faces on 12 of the circles. Gather up the spare biscuit dough and press into pumpkin stem shapes, trimming with a sharp knife. Press to the top of each biscuit with a knife to join. Make lines on the face biscuits with the back of a roundbladed knife, to look like the markings on a pumpkin. Bake all the biscuits for about 15 minutes until pale golden. Leave to set for a while, then cool completely on a wire rack.
• Mix the glaze ingredients to make a smooth, runny icing, adding a bit more juice if needed, then set aside. For the filling, beat the mascarpone with the icing sugar, then stir in the cooled melted chocolate.
• Spread the filling over the cooled plain biscuits, then press the 'face' ones on top - do this just before you want to eat them, otherwise they go soft. Brush with the glaze, using a clean paint brush or pastry brush. Eat the same day.

PUMPKIN COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream the shortening and sugar. Stir in the pumpkin and vanilla. Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Then mix in the butterscotch chips. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool for a minute on cookie sheets before transferring to wire cooling racks.