Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Here's another favorite recipe that I find myself making every Fall.  My original goal was to find a yummy cookie recipe that called for pumpkin that was relatively healthy, yet still a bit indulgent and super delicious.  These certainly are a winner in my book and I promise won't even ruin your post-summer diet! 

These iced pumpkin cookies are really soft {almost cake-like} and have a delicious spiced pumpkin flavor.  The icing is definitely the perfect finishing touch, but they still taste incredible without it.  One suggestion that I would make is after baking these, do not store them in an airtight container like you would normally do with cookies, as the moisture will soften them and make them a bit soggy.  I found this out after taking them to work to share with everyone...oops!  They still tasted good of course, but these cookies can sit on a plate uncovered for a few days and still be soft and delicious!

You may have noticed this is a recipe I've posted before.  Well you are correct, however I did make these again with a few modifications.  Instead of butter I used Greek yogurt and they still turned out great!  The consistency remained the same and they were still super moist.  I had originally tried this with applesauce, but I just didn't enjoy the flavor as much and the dough was runny.  I also used a cup of whole wheat flour in place of all-purpose and you can't tell the difference at all!

Now you can have TWO cookies for less calories than one from the original recipe!  Can't beat that, huh?

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Servings: 18

Serving Size: 2 cookies 

Calories: 75

Fat: 0.3 g

Carbs: 14.1 g

Fiber: 1.5 g

Protein: 3 g

Old Points: 1.2 pts

Points+: 2 pts

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Here are your ingredients:

Recipe adapted from Allrecipes

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp. ground cloves

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt

1 1/2 cups Stevia in the Raw (or 1 1/2 cups sugar)

1 cup canned pumpkin puree

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Glaze

2 cups confectioners' sugar

3 Tbsp milk

1 Tbsp melted light butter

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and salt; set aside.  In a medium bowl, combine 1/2 cup yogurt and Stevia (or sugar).  Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 tsp. vanilla to yogurt mixture, and mix until creamy.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven.  Cool cookies, then drizzle glaze with fork.  To make the glaze, combine confectioners' sugar, milk, melted butter and 1 tsp. vanilla.  Add milk as needed to achieve drizzling consistency.  Enjoy!   

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Hope you guys enjoy these cookies!  For more yummy pumpkin recipes, check out last year's pumpkin palooza and prepare to salivate uncontrollably at all the delicious goodies everyone shared.

Also I have a few winners to announce!

Congratulations to Helene for winning the Shine Project Giveaway and to Nicole-Lynn for winning the Pickle Doodle Designs Giveaway!
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Thanks for reading and have a great week friends!