Pumpkin Cookies with Vanilla Glaze

If you've been around during the winter in last few years, you might know that these are my favorite winter cookies. Moist and chewy and oh so good.

(FYI: I used half whole wheat flour in this batch and you couldn't taste any difference. The pumpkin, spices, chocolate, and vanilla help hide it well. Yay!)

Pumpkin Cookies with Vanilla Glaze
From Nestle, makes 5 1/2 dozen

2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 can pumpkin
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips
Vanilla Glaze (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 375. Grease baking sheets.

Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until creamy. Beat in pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until slightly brown on the bottom. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely before glazing.

Vanilla Glaze
Combine 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 to 1 1/2 tbsp milk, and 1/2 tsp vanilla. Slip wax paper beneath cooling racks and drizzle glaze over cookies.