Recipe: Glazed Spice Cake Cookies

Glazed Spice Cake Cookies

Cookies:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter -- softened
1/4 cup fat-free milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large egg whites
Cooking spray

Glaze:
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon fat-free milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Dash ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375`.

To prepare cookies, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 6 ingredients (flour through salt); stir well.

Combine pumpkin, brown sugar, and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add milk, vanilla, and egg whites; beat well. Gradually add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture; stir until combined.

Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375` 10 minutes or until almost firm. Cool on pans 1 minute on a wire rack; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.

To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon; stir well with a whisk. Dip tops of cookies in glaze. Place cookies, glaze side up, on wire racks; allow to set.

NOTES : Yield: 2 dozen cookies