Pumpkin, it's never to late.

I wasn't into my mad baking phase when it was pumpkin season so I feel as though I am a little left out. There are so many pumpkin recipes that look really great so it's always in the back of my mind.

When I went to a grocery store that was closing and found pumpkin pie filling on for a ridiculously crazy low amount I was delighted and thought how great it was and what I could make. Little did I realize that what I really needed was pumpkin puree.

Once I realized this I looked for a recipe that would accommodate my pumpkin pie filling and found one that looked delightful on Baker Royale. 

Once changing the recipe slightly and adding my own cinnamon cream cheese glaze I found that they turned out beautifully.

Pumpkin Pie Cookies

as adapted from baker royale

1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce

1 large egg

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1 tablespoon molasses

3/4 cup pumpkin pie filling

3/4 tsp of cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp allspice

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups flour

I like to use unsweetened apple sauce instead of melted butter or oil in recipes. Anything I have made so far doing this has turned out fine. I think it might make the final product a little more cake like (spongey), but as I have not made those recipes with butter/oil I can't tell you for sure. I think it's all tastes good, and is a healthier option.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the apple sauce, egg and sugar in a bowl and mix together. 

Add in the pumpkin pie filling, molasses and spices. Mix it all up.

Add in the baking soda and mix a little longer until all combined.

Add flour into the bowl and mix with a kitchen spoon/spatula. (Use that elbow grease.)

Once all combined drop rounded spoonfuls on to baking sheets.

You may want to line the sheets with parchment or a little bit of oil first.

Bake for 10 minutes or until the bottoms are brown and darker then the top.

Let them cool on the pan for a minute or two then remove to wire racks.

at this point I though "what can I do to make these guys a little more interesting?"

And so I decided to make a little bit of icing/glaze to go on some of them.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Glaze/Icing: 

(I made this up and have forgotten exactly what I did so this is what I think I did)

1/4 cup cream cheese

1/4 icing sugar

1 tbsp milk

1/2 cap of vanilla

1/2 tsp cinnamon.

Mix all those up and add a little more icing sugar if you want it to be thicker.

spread on the cookies and then top them by sprinkling a little more cinnamon to cover them.

I really enjoyed these.

They were super soft and the perfect amount of sweetness.