Pumpkin Rollout Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; beat in egg until smooth. Mix pumpkin and vanilla extract into creamed butter mixture; add cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Stir flour into pumpkin-butter mixture just until dough is mixed. Refrigerate dough, 2 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Roll dough on a floured work surface and cut into shapes using cookie cutters. Arrange cookies on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 6 to 8 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Cream together Sugar, butter, orange zest and vanilla.
• 2. Stir in Pumpkin
• 3. Add egg yolk
• 4. Sift together flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, pumpkin.
• 5. Add dry ingredient mixture to wet slowly, mixing at low speed until dough forms
• 6. REFRIGERATE AT LEAST **30 MINUTES** This is crucial!
• 7. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• 8. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to a thickness of roughly 1/8 in. Cut with cookie cutters into desired shapes.
• 9. cover a cookie sheet with parchment and bake cookies for 9-11 minutes, until firm but NOT browned on edges. Allow cookies to rest on cookie sheet 5 minutes, then remove to rack to finish cooling
• 10. Frost/decorate if desired.
• 11. Flavors are most intense the second day..if you can keep them around that long!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF In a large mixing bowl, combine with electric mixer the butter, brown sugar and orange zest.
• Add the pumpkin, egg yolk, and vanilla.
• Gradually add the flour and spices.
• Mix with your hands to create a soft dough.
• Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Divide dough into two pieces.
• Roll out each piece to 1/8-inch thickness on a floured surface.
• Cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes.
• Optional: Decorate with favorite frosting and candies if desired.

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and brown sugar until light & fluffy (about 3-4 minutes on medium speed). Add in the turbinado sugar, and cream for an extra minute or so. Add the baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice; mix well. Add the egg & milk; beat well. Add the flour, mixing until well-combined. The dough should be soft & not sticky. Turn out onto sheets of waxed paper & roll. Cut out shapes, and transfer to baking sheets lined with parchment paper or Silpat liners. Freeze sheets for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 365°F. Remove cookies from freezer and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges begin to have a hint of brown. Cool cookies on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes, and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Decorate with royal icing, if desired. These are FABULOUS plain, too! ** Substitutions: You can substitute regular granulated sugar for the turbinado sugar. You'll lose those little bits of "crunch," but the end result is just as tasty. Alternately, you can also use just the brown sugar, but you'll need to increase it to 1 1/4 cups total. You can use regular all-purpose flour with great results as well. It is not quite as dense as whole wheat flour, so make sure you change the amount to about 3 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour instead.