White Chocolate Pumpkin Drops

Tonight I made these delicious cookies & thought they were very "blog-worthy" so here is the recipe for you all:

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INGREDIENTS

2	cups (4 sticks) butter, softened
2	cups granulated sugar
1	can (about 16 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
2	eggs
4	cups all-purpose flour
2	teaspoons pumpkin pie spice*
1	teaspoon baking powder
1/2	teaspoon baking soda
1	package (12 ounces) white chocolate chips
1	container (16 ounces) cream cheese frosting
1/4	cup packed brown sugar

*Substitute 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger and 1/4 teaspoon each ground allspice and ground nutmeg for 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice.

PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheets.

1. Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add pumpkin and eggs; beat until well blended. Add flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and baking soda; beat just until blended. Stir in white chocolate chips.


2. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake 10-14 minutes or until set and bottoms are browned. Don't overcook as cookie will end up being hard. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets & then move cookies to wire racks.


3. Combine frosting and brown sugar in small bowl. Spread on warm cookies.

* Makes about 6 dozen cookies.
* Serving size: 1 cookie * Total Fat 8g; Carb 19g; Cholesterol 7 mg; Calories 151; Sodium 97 mg; Fiber 1g; Protein 1g

HT's thoughts:
- Definitely use an upright mixer as this makes A LOT of dough or you could just halve the recipe!
- I like a bigger cookie so I doubled the size of the drops of dough & ended up with about 3 dozen cookies.
- I baked my cookies for 10 minutes & they turned out soft & moist on the inside & just barely crunchy on the edges. Perfect in my opinion.
- I always bake my cookies on parchment paper on top of the cookie sheet rather than greasing it. Makes for a perfectly baked cookie.
- Also, I turn the cookie sheet half-way through baking as the back of the oven is always hotter than the front. Cookies are then baked evenly on your cookie sheet.
- I spread the frosting on the cookie while warm & it turns into a yummy icing.
- Not to be enjoyed if you are on a diet. 4 sticks of butter AND 151 calories per cookie!? YIKES - but they are SOOOO good.

Happy Baking :)