Fancy Sounding Frosting!

Way back in November I made these cookies; they were delicious, super soft and albeit a little bit sugary (even for me).  I would definitely make these again but a little goes along way with these.  They were huge hits. I also learned that penuche frosting is just another, fancier, way of saying brown sugar frosting :)

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH PENUCHE FROSTING
(Source: Allrecipes)

COOKIE INGREDIENTS:

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

1 cup shortening (I used butter)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup pumpkin puree
1egg
1 tspn vanilla extract

2 C all-purpose flour

1 tspn baking soda

1 tspn baking powder

1 tspn ground cinnamon

1/2 tspn salt

1 cup chopped walnuts (I omitted these)

 

 

FROSTING INGREDIENTS:

 

3 tablespoons butter

1/2 C packed brown sugar

1/4 C milk

2 C confectioners' sugar

DIRECTIONS:

- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
 - In a large bowl, cream together shortening, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and white sugar. Mix in pumpkin, egg, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; mix into the creamed mixture. Stir in walnuts. Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks.
 
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the 3 tablespoons butter and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute, or until slightly thickened. Cool slightly, then stir in the milk, and beat until smooth. Gradually stir in 2 cups confectioners' sugar until frosting has reached desired consistency. Spread on cooled cookies.