Sunday Sweetness: Pumpkin Sandwich Cookies

FALL IS HERE!

I love fall!

To celebrate the cooler weather, warmer colors, and change in the seasons, I made Pumpkin Sandwich Cookies. They are delicious.  The recipe makes a lot of cookies. Lots. So I made them into sandwich cookies that ended up looking like pumpkins without stems. Completely unintentional, but, if I were a decorator {sadly I'm not}, I would have added a stem and maybe a leaf/vine? Instead, I just ate them. Yum!

Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients:

2 c. sugar

2 c. shortening {I used 11/2 c margarine and 1/2 c apple sauce}

1 can {16 oz} pumpkin

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 tsp. allspice

4 c. flour

2 tsp. baking soda

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix sugar, shortening, eggs, pumpkin and vanilla {in that order} until combined.  In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice with a whisk.  Add dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix until combined.

When I put mine on the cookie sheet, I used the PC medium scoop to make them uniform in size.  Bake 12-15 minutes.

While the cookies are baking and cooling, whip up some icing.  Combine 3 oz. cream cheese with 2 cups powdered sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla.  If you want to thin the icing out a little {personally, I don't like mine too thick} use a splash of milk.

When the cookies have completely cooled put a dollop of icing between two of them! *These cookies freeze well just in case you don't want to eat all of them... I usually eat all of them, but when I do freeze them, I freeze without icing.

 Enjoy a little taste of fall!!