home alone...and baking!

Time at home alone means reign of the house and freedom to bake more pumpkin treats! Tonight I can finally make the pumpkin cookies. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 cup of butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups of white sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 can of cream cheese frosting (absolutely necessary!)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt; set aside.


2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla extract to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten lightly.
   



3. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated over.


4. Cool cookies, then drizzle cream cheese frosting with a fork.


5. Enjoy!

oh and for you cat lovers, turns out Dexter loves pumpkin too! :)