Recipe: Iced Pumpkin Cookies (similar to City Bites)

According to one person on a bulletin board this is the exact recipe (she knew the woman that passed on the recipe along to them), just make the cookies a bit bigger than it states, and DO NOT use the glaze, but your own cream cheese icing. Supposedly these are just like you buy at the store. I have not tried either recipe.

ICED PUMPKIN COOKIES

"Wonderful spicy iced pumpkin cookies that both kids and adults love!"

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

FOR THE GLAZE (DO NOT USE):
2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt; set aside.

In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool cookies, then drizzle glaze with fork.

TO MAKE THE GLAZE:
Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add milk as needed, to achieve drizzling consistency.

Makes 36 cookies
Source: Gina / Allrecipes
From: OKC Talks, 10/8/09