Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies with Orange Glaze

Who knew orange and pumpkin would be such a winning pair! If you want to know what fall truly tastes like, you should make these cookies ;) 

Ingredients:

1⁄2 Cup Granulated Sugar

1⁄2 Cup Brown Sugar

1⁄2 Cup Shortening (or butter)

1 Cup Canned Pumpkin

2 Tablespoons Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate, undiluted

2 Cups White Flour

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

1 Teaspoon Baking Soda

1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

1⁄4 Teaspoon Salt

1⁄4 Teaspoon Nutmeg

1⁄4 Teaspoon Ginger

1 Cup Chocolate Chips

Frosting:

3 Cups Powdered Sugar

1/3 Cup Butter

1 1⁄2 Teaspoon Vanilla

2 Tablespoons Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate, undiluted

1 Tablespoon Grated Orange Peel (optional)

3 Tablespoons Milk

1 Dash Salt

Cream together sugars and butter/shortening. Add in the pumpkin and orange juice concentrate. Mix well. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and ginger. Mix well. Add chocolate chips.

Drop by heaping tablespoons onto cookies sheet, do not grease. Bake for about 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Frost with orange butter frosting when slightly warm for glaze or cool and frost. 

(Double recipe to use a whole can of 15 oz. pumpkin and a whole bag of 12oz. chocolate chips. Frosting will almost frost a double recipe of cookies.)

*Notes*

I added a little extra flour to make the cookies less flat. About 1/2-1 cup more. 

Also, I am not sure if it was my oven, but when I baked at 350 degrees for 10 minutes they were still very gooey. So I turned up the oven to 375 and baked them for 12-3 minutes. Give the first batch a try and see if you need to tweak anything!

Thank you Nistler family for the best cookie recipe in the world!!