Falls Little Delicacies

If you’re like me, you live for falls bounty. My personal kryptonite is pumpkin and one of my favorite, quick, easy fixes comes in the form of a moist cake-like cookie. I prefer to think of it as a little piece of heaven.

These will be on the table at ‘Girls Night Out’ tonight at 

Balance, A Women's Gym, 125 Brewery Lane, Portsmouth, NH 4-7.

Come taste for yourself. After all, we don’t just paste ANYTHING here. We like to think of ourselves as highly selective with a dash of ‘oh what the heck’.

SWEET PUMPKIN COOKIES

1 C Butter (I use Earth's Balance Soy Butter and only ¾ C)

1 C Sugar (you can reduce this slightly as well)

1 C Pumpkin puree (canned pumpkin)

1 Egg

1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

2 C Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

½ tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Cinnamon

¼ tsp Allspice (I go a little heavy here)

½ tsp salt

THE  ADD-INS: 2 Cups total, I like a nut and a treat.

chopped toasted peanuts, walnuts, pecans, dark chocolate chips, raisins, crumbled Health Bar, toasted coconut

Preheat oven to 375

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar

Add pumpkin, egg, vanilla and blend

In a medium bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt.

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix. I use a hand mixer till it appears light and fluffy.

Stir in your ‘add-ins’

Drop rounded teaspoons on an un-oiled baking sheet.

Bake 10-15 minutes. I err on the side of 10 minutes (gas stove), once cooled they retain that fluffy cloud affect.