Pumpkin Halloween Cookies – Tuesday Quick Recipe

Pumpkin Halloween Cookies

Ingredients

300g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp salt

125g butter

300g caster sugar

250g pumpkin puree

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the icing:

250g icing sugar

3 tablespoons milk

1 tbsp melted butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

Equipment

3x bowls

Spoon

Baking tray

Fork

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Combine flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and salt; set aside.

In the second bowl, cream together the 125g of butter and caster sugar. Add pumpkin puree, egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on baking tray by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly.

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

To make icing: Combine icing sugar, milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add milk as needed, to achieve drizzling consistency.