Pumpkin Cookies with Light Brown Glaze

For those of you who know me well, you know that I am not the biggest pumpkin fan. Not like Nat Pat or Steph Shuler who love pumpkin anything. But I have found a pumpkin cookie that I absolutely love! It is a recipe from a dear friend of the family, Wende Downe, and she was gracious enough to give me the recipe because it is one of my husbands favs. So to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday (and because I am making these as we speak-they smell so good!) here is the recipe for you to try and enjoy!

Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt

Heat over to 375. Mix sugar, pumpkin, and butter. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until light brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool.
Spread with Light Brown Glaze (see below). about 4 Dozen

Light Brown Glaze

1/4 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Heat butter in 1 1/2-quart saucepan over medium heat until delicate brown. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir milk until smooth.

They are almost cake-like cookies and are so delicious. Enjoy!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Bathroom Makeover!

While I don't have "before" pictures, I still wanted to share what our master bathroom looks like now after a much needed makeover. Thanks to my amazing husband (who is my Mr. handyman!) we now have a beautiful updated bathroom. No more green/ivory/gold stripe wallpaper and old gold fixtures. We did a texture on the walls and then painted them. We added a new light fixture and bronze faucets and towel racks. I still need to add a few more accessories but here is the mostly finished bathroom...

Woody and Jessie (aka Luke and Lily)