Pumpkin Spice Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- orange food coloring Orange Americolor
- pepitas, shelled roasted salted pumpkin seeds
Instructions
- In a medium bowl with a mixer beat butter with powdered sugar until smooth.
- Add flour, salt, pumpkin pie spice, nuts, and vanilla, and orange food coloring, mix until incorporated.
- Roll into balls.
- I use a tablespoon size scoop.
- Place a pumpkin seed (pepita) into the top of each cookie
- Bake at 325 for 15 minutes.
- Alternatively you can roll them into powdered sugar if you want to keep the orange color pumpkin a secret!