Pumpkin Spritz Cookies

Festive holiday treat, good in my house from September through November. Top with decorative sugar.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 49 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup butter, softened
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ⅓ cup canned pumpkin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Mix in canned pumpkin, egg, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, and ground ginger until well combined.

Step 3

Stir flour and baking powder together in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture in thirds, mixing dough well between each addition.

Step 4

Spoon cookie dough into a cookie press fitted with a pumpkin-shaped die and press dough onto a baking sheet.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven until edges just begin to brown, about 8 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.