Pumpkin Spice Cookies

A few years ago I posted about how to make your own Pumpkin Pie Spice and how tasty it is to add it to your favorite sugar cookie recipe. It also a great way to spice up Oatmeal Scotchies, pancakes, and coffee. I've used the same spice mix in these little cuties but instead of simply adding the spice to my regular sugar cookie recipe I also swapped out half of the butter with pumpkin puree. The result is the unmistakable flavor of pumpkin pie in a soft moist cookie! OH MY YUM!

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Spiced Oatmeal Scotchies

I had a hankerin' for an oatmeal cookie. I also had this Pumpkin Pie Spice burning a hole in my pantry. Wouldn't you know it, I also had butterscotch chips in the freezer.

I followed the old tried and true Nestle's Oatmeal Scotchies recipe printed on the back of their butterscotch chip bag with only 2 teeny modifications. Replacing the 1/2 tsp of cinnamon and optional orange peel with 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice and 1/4 tsp Orange Baking Emulsion.

Have you baked with emulsion? I am still developing a feel and taste for it. It may be used in place of extracts in your baking. Extracts contain alcohol and some of their flavor bakes out while emulsions contain no alcohol and retain their flavor after baking. In theory you may substitute equal measurement of emulsion for an equal amount of extract. However my palate is pretty sensitive to the emulsion flavors therefore I prefer to use a light hand when including them in my cookie dough. For example, in place of 1 tsp vanilla extract I use 1/2 tsp Princess Flavor emulsion. I am curious to know how you use it and if you change up the measurements too.

Spicing these up with good old nutmeg, clove, and cinnamon took good care of my craving. Yes, I shared. Oh, get this, my daughter who 'hates' pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon and pretty much anything I like...she said these were her 'FAVORITE'!

Thanks for stopping by
~Heather

Happy Fall

I live in the desert where the seasons do not make a dramatic entrance. Yet, I know Fall is officially here. The reason I KNOW is because of the candy corn harvest as evidenced at my local drug store. I've already eaten my yearly ration of candy corns. The crops are good this year. I've moved on. Now I have pumpkin pie on my brain. How about sugar cookies with a pumpkin pie flavor? After a little searching I found an amazing roll-out cookie recipe here: Jewel Bakes: Pumpkin-spice-sugar-cookies. Save this recipe; it is a keeper!

I was lacking the key ingredient: Pumpkin Pie Spice. I usually end up buying a jar or two of the pre-made spice each year. Where were they? Grr! Again, I did a little more searching and discovered this recipe from: Joy the Baker - Pumpkin Pie Spice. Even though I did not have all of the ingredients on hand that she lists in her recipe, reading it gave me the confidence to just try blending what I had. I plan on grabbing the other spices soon and mixing them properly next time. Shown below is what I had on-hand and the measurements I used.

I am VERY glad I didn't have the pre-made mixed spice on hand. I used 1 teaspoon of the final mix shown in the above photo. The spice in these cookies was PERFECT, well-rounded, and not overbearing. I could see myself sprinkling this mix over my iced coffee. Oh man, why haven't I done that already?!

I am thankful for foodie bloggers who share their recipes and open up my little cookie world! These little yummies are for you!

Thank you for stopping by

~Heather 

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