Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
  • 1 cup mashed cooked pumpkin*
  • 1 Land O Lakes Egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups sweetened dried cranberries
  • 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons orange juice

Method

  • Heat oven to 350F.
  • Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or lightly grease; set aside.
  • Combine sugar and butter in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy.
  • Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed.
  • Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
  • Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until well mixed.
  • Stir in cranberries, walnuts and orange zest.
  • Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.
  • Bake 11-13 minutes or until golden brown around edges.
  • Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack.
  • Cool completely.
  • Combine powdered sugar and enough orange juice in bowl for desired drizzling consistency.
  • Drizzle glaze over cookies.
  • *Substitute 1 cup canned pumpkin.