Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Who doesn't love the Fall?  Cooler weather, beautiful foliage, and pumpkins.  Pumpkins on the porch and pumpkins in my belly.  I LOVE baking with pumpkin!  Check out this recipe I tried yesterday.  You can't go wrong with snickerdoodles, but PUMPKIN SNICKERDOODLES?!  Mind blowing! 

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

from a bitchin' kitchen

 

3 3/4 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the coating:

1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Dash of allspice

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk together to blend. In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars on medium speed until well combined. Next, still on medium speed, beat in pumpkin. Then, add the egg and vanilla extract. Lastly, add in the dry ingredients. Beat until combined, but do not over mix. Cover the dough, and refrigerate for one hour, until firm.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line baking sheets with parchment paper. In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and spices for the sugar coating. Scoop dough (approximately 2 1/2 tablespoons) and roll into a ball. Roll the dough ball in the sugar mixture, and place on the lined baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie. Take a drinking glass with a flat bottom and moisten with water. Dip the glass in the sugar mixture, and use it to flatten the dough balls. Re-sugar the glass as needed.

Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. Remove when the centers of the cookies have set. Let cool on the baking pan for approximately 5 minutes, and then transfer to wire cooling racks to cool completely.



We are still surviving here.  I made it through my first week alone with all 3 kids.  It wasn't really too bad.  Kyle and I especially enjoy Tuesdays and Thursdays when the girls are at MDO.  :)

I found super dad with all 3 kids in his lap upstairs the other night.  We probably don't know it, but Aubrie's imaginary friend/pet might be in this picture, too.  The name:  Hello Kitty.  She goes everywhere with us.  Well, she wasn't in the car with us the other day because she was with her mom and dad and twin sisters, Hurra and Hola.  But a lot of times we have to stop in the parking lot to hand her a bone, or Aubrie will tell us what chair she is sitting in when we are somewhere.  The other day at the doctor's office, she said Hello Kitty was out in the parking lot but wouldn't come in because she couldn't find a spot.  She drives a purple car. 

Kelly and K-Sue met Kyle!  They also provided tonight's yummy dinner!

The family went for a walk the other night.  Petey had to go to the vet this week because he had more hot spots.  He always flares up this time of year. 

You know how you start spelling things in front of your kids so they don't know what you are talking about?  Well, the other day I was in the waiting room at the doctor's office and Aubrie turned to me and said, "Mom?  Do you have any AEYMONCS'S?"  My mom and other adults turned and looked at me and I had no clue what she was saying.  So I said, "No, do you?"  She said, "Yes!  Right here!"  After I told Adam about AEYMONCS'S, he asked her if she had any and she pretended to hand him one and he pretended to put it in his mouth.  She got on him and said, "NO Daddy, you don't eat them!!"

We took the crew to the zoo this morning.  We had beautiful weather and the girls had fun.  Towards the end we had Emilie in the stroller, Kyle sleeping in dad's arms, and Aubrie in and out of dad's arms.  She's pretty serious in this picture because she told us eight times already that it was time for lunch.

So, here's one for the veteran parents.  You know how you have a cart cover for your first child?  You wouldn't dream of putting your child in a nasty shopping cart without one.  You also take it to restaurants and protect them from the high chairs.  Well, by the time you get to the third child, you're just happy to get in and out of the store without any melt-downs.  We stopped at Target after church and Aubrie just crawled under the bottom of the cart and laid down.  At one point, she had found a rubber band on the floor and was about to put it in her mouth. 

Here's Emilie babysitting Sheriff Kyle.  Thanks Uncle Steve and Aunt Brit!

The other day at MDO, they had Roy's Ark come for the children.  The kids got to pet a lamb, pig, goat, chickens, and snakes among other things.  Adam and I went to watch Emilie and her class.  I had gone with Aubrie the 2 years prior.  She was doing a good job of petting every animal and he brought by the corn snake.  She's the only kid that would pet it and so Mr. Roy asked, "You want to wear him like a necklace??"  She said, "YEP!"

So he put it around her and she froze still.  He left it on her for awhile so everyone could take pictures.  Adam kept saying, "Emilie!  Look at me!  Say cheese!" but she wouldn't move.  He decided to get one to put around her at the dinner table so she would have the same focus.  :)

I'd like to wish my handsome brother, Robbie a Happy Birthday!  I can't believe October is this next week.  Time is flying.  Kyle is now 6 weeks and weighs 12 lbs 15 oz.  He's a big boy.  He loves to lay on his play mat or the bean bag and listen to his sisters play.  They've got it coming once he becomes mobile! 

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