Fall cookies!

Fall officially starts tomorrow!  In order to celebrate, I made a new kind of cookie.  Yes, it was just an excuse to make something pumpkin.  No, I do not feel bad.  At least, not once I tasted these!

These cookies are not very sweet, so don't skimp and skip the glaze.  Trust me.  The glaze sets off the cookies perfectly.


Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookies with a Maple Glaze

Ingredients
1 can of pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling!  gross!)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsps cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves or allspice
1/2 tsp ginger
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup chopped nuts  (I used pecans)

1 tsp vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup warmed pure maple syrup

Directions
1.  Mix the first 4 ingredients in a bowl.  Set aside.
2.  In a larger bowl, mix the ingredients up to the rolled oats.  Once your spices, flour, and risers are well mixed, add the oats and the nuts.
3.  Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients.  This dough will be dry, so you may have to mix it by hand.
4.  Place parchment paper on cookie sheets.  These cookies do not rise much, so roll them into balls and flatten.  This makes ~3 dozen cookies, depending on the size.
5.  Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
6.  In the meantime, warm the maple syrup.  Mix the last three ingredients in a separate bowl to make a glaze.  Drizzle over cooled cookies.