Chocolate -glazed Pumpkin Cookies (from Everyday Food)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 (15 ounce) can pure pumpkin puree
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
• 3 using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 add egg to butter/sugar and beat until smooth.
• 5 with mixer on low speed, alternately add flour mixture in two parts and pumpkin puree in one. (begin and end with flour mixture). mix just until combined.
• 6 drop dough by heaping tablespoons onto two baking sheets, about 1 1/2 inches apart. bake until cookies are puffed and golden, 15 to 20 minutes, rotating sheets once during baking.
• 7 when done, immediately transfer cookies to wire racks and cool completely.
• 8 when cookies have cooled, set the racks of cookies over wax paper and melt the chocolate. (microwave, double boiler, or small heavy sauce pan).
• 9 using a large tablespoon or serving spoon, drizzle the chocolate over the cookies, then refrigerate the cookies until the chocolate is firm--about 20 minutes.