Pumpkin Walnut Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix sugar and shortening together in a bowl. Mix in egg. Add pumpkin and vanilla extract; mix well. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt and mix until well combined. Fold in walnuts.
• Use small teaspoons or a cookie scoop to drop rounded teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges turn golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool.
• Meanwhile, beat powdered sugar and butter together with an electric mixer until combined. Stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until a frosting consistency is reached. Fold in maple extract until thoroughly combined.
• Spread maple frosting over the cooled cookies.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• For Cookies:.
• Combine butter,brown sugar and sugar in large mixer bowl.
• Beat at medium speed,scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract.
• Continue beating for 1 to 2 minutes or until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Stir in 1 cup walnuts by hand. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until set. remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• For frosting.
• COMBINE powdered sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract and pumpkin pie spice in medium mixer bowl. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth. Frost cooled cookies. Garnish with walnuts.

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 375°F. Butter heavy large baking sheet. Mix flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, salt and cardamom in medium bowl to blend . Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Whisk pumpkin, 1/4 cup cream, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons honey and peel in another medium bowl to blend. Add pumpkin mixture and chopped nuts to dry ingredients and stir until incorporated (dough will be moist).
• Turn dough out onto floured surface and knead gently until smooth, about 8 turns. Roll out dough to 3/4-inch thickness. Using floured 2-inch-diameter cookie cutter, cut out rounds. Reroll scraps to 3/4-inch thickness; cut out additional rounds. Place biscuits on prepared baking sheet, spacing evenly.
• Whisk remaining 2 tablespoons cream and 2 tablespoons honey in small bowl. Brush atop biscuits. Garnish each with 1 walnut half. Bake biscuits until light golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Transfer biscuits to rack and cool 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. (Can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. If desired, wrap biscuits in foil and rewarm in 350°F. oven about 5 minutes.)

Steps:

• Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Stir in pumpkin and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
• Stir in walnuts.
• Chill for at least 1 hour or until ready to bake.
• Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. I used a 1 1/2 inch cookie scoop and got 58 cookies.
• Bake at 375F for 11-12 minutes.
• Cool on wire racks.
• Frost with Maple Frosting.
• (Maple Frosting).
• Cream butter; gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
• Add remaining sugar alternately with milk, beating until smooth enough to spread.You may need to add a bit more milk.
• Add maple extract, and beat well.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375°F.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ginger. Use your fingertips or a pastry blender to work in the butter.
• Keep mixing until the ingredients resemble a coarse, flaky meal, then stir in the chopped walnuts.
• In a smaller bowl, whisk together the cream, pumpkin, and honey. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour the liquid into it. Stir briskly until the dough pulls together, then let it sit for 3 minutes.
• Flour your hands and your work surface. Gently knead the dough into a ball, then pat it into a 1-inch-thick disk.
• Using a 2-inch biscuit cutter or drinking glass, cut the dough into rounds and place them on a lightly greased cookie sheet, leaving a couple of inches between them. Repeat this process until you've used all the dough.
• Brush the biscuit tops sparingly with cream and then sprinkle on a little sugar.
• Bake the biscuits on the center oven rack until they are light golden brown, about 20 minutes. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before serving.