Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Icing

As I mentioned before I get a daily cookie recipe from Martha Stewart. These cookies were one of the recent cookies of the day. As soon as I saw the recipe I knew I was going to make the cookies. I love brown butter. It has a deep nutty caramel flavour to it. It makes anything taste good. The cookies are almost cake like and while I was icing them I thought, "Hey these would make good woopie pies". So I turned some of them into woopie pies (plus I was running low on icing). Everyone in my family liked these cookies. My one son even commented "I like them even though they are pumpkin".




Ingredients

Makes about 6 dozen
FOR THE COOKIES 
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 
1 teaspoon baking powder 
1 teaspoon baking soda 
1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt 
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger 
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 
2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar 
2 large eggs 
1 1/2 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin (14 ounces) 
3/4 cup evaporated milk 
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 
FOR THE ICING 
4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted 
10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter 
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon evaporated milk, 
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 

Directions
Make cookies: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a medium bowl; set aside. 
Put butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs. Reduce speed to low. Add pumpkin, evaporated milk, and vanilla; mix until well blended, about 2 minutes. Add flour mixture; mix until combined. 
Transfer 1 1/2 cups batter to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip (such as Ateco #806). Pipe 1 1/2-inch rounds onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until tops spring back, about 12 minutes. Cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely. 
Make icing: Put confectioners' sugar in a large bowl; set aside. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling pan occasionally, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Immediately add butter to confectioners' sugar, scraping any browned bits from sides and bottom of pan. Add evaporated milk and vanilla; stir until smooth. Spread about 1 teaspoon icing onto each cookie. If icing stiffens, stir in more evaporated milk, a little at a time. Cookies can be stored in single layers in airtight containers at room temperature up to 3 days. 


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