White Chocolate Pumpkin Dreams
Country Woman Christmas
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If you like pumpkin pie, you'll love these delicious pumpkin cookies dotted with white chocolate chips and chopped pecans. Drizzled with a brown sugar icing, they're irresistible.
SERVINGS: 27
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 25 min. + cooling Bake: 15 min.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 package (11 ounces) vanilla or white chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- PENUCHE FROSTING:
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1-1/2 to 2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Beat in egg, vanilla and pumpkin. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in chips and pecans.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.
For frosting, combine brown sugar and butter in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook over medium heat for 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Cool for 10 minutes. Add milk; beat until smooth. Beat in enough confectioners' sugar to reach desired consistency. Frost cookies. Yield: about 4-1/2 dozen.