Walnut Pumpkin Cookies

This pumpkin cookie recipe is studded with walnuts and covered with a luscious maple-flavored frosting and sure to be loved by anyone who tries them.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 301 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon milk, or as needed
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup shortening (such as Crisco®)
• 1 teaspoon maple extract, or to taste
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup butter, softened

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Spread frosting over cooled cookies.

Step 3

Beat white sugar and shortening together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Beat in egg until incorporated. Beat in pumpkin purée and vanilla extract. Stir in flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt until well combined; fold in walnuts.

Step 4

Drop small teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased baking sheets.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until edges turn golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool.

Step 6

Meanwhile, beat confectioners' sugar and butter together in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until well combined; stir in milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until reaches a spreadable consistency. Fold in maple extract until thoroughly combined.