Recipe - Frosted Pumpkin-Walnut Cookies

One half cup Butter/margarine, softened
1 One half cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
2 Eggs
1 cup Pumpkin cooked, mashed
One half teaspoon Lemon extract
One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 One half cup Flour all purpose
1 tablespoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice
1 cup Walnuts, chopped

MAPLE FROSTING RECIPE
One fourth cup Butter/margarine, softened
2 One fourth cup Powdered sugar, sifted
2 tablespoon Milk
Three fourths teaspoon Maple extract

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 flavorings. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and
pumpkin pie spice. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in
walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie
sheets. Bake at 375F for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Frost with Maple
Frosting. Yield: 7 One half dozen. (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. Add maple extract, and beat well. Yield: about 1 cup. From
Southern Living Cookbook

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