30 Days of Pumpkin-Day One: Pumpkin Cookie Dough

These pumpkin cookie dough balls from Foods for the Soul are a great fall mid morning snack!  I like to pretend they are healthy cause they contain a veggie.  I also like to pretend that I'm the queen of everything.  Bubbles are great until someone goes and burst them so ....   shhhhh!

These pumpkin dough balls are slightly different from the ones I made back in Dec'12.  These don't contain any oats, and twice as much sugar.  Remember what I said about healthy?  Uh scratch that.  The Oat cookie dough balls are probably better for you.  These cookie dough balls are pure smooth pumpkin dough, which there is a time and a place for.  That time is now, and the place is in your belly.

Pumpkin Dough Balls adapted from Foods for the Soul
1 c flour
heaping 1/2 t cinnamon
heaping 1/4 t pumpkin pie spice blend
1 T butter or margarine, melted
1/4c + 1T canned pumpkin
1/2 t vanilla
1/2c brown sugar

In a small bowl mix flour and spices, in another bowl mix remaining ingredients.  Add dry to wet.  Roll into 32 balls.  Chill on parchment or wax paper covered cookie sheet in freezer.  Once solid, store in airtight container in freezer.  Keep cold until served.  Will be extremely mushy at room temp.

1 c all-purpose flour (measured correctly)

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

1/8 tsp ground ginger

1/8 tsp salt

1 tbsp butter or margarine, melted

¼ c + 2 tsp pumpkin purée (NOT pumpkin pie filling)

½ tsp vanilla extract

½ c brown sugar

- See more at: http://foodsforthesoul.net/2013/09/23/pumpkin-cookie-dough-bites/#sthash.I2PuXYT3.dpuf

1 c all-purpose flour (measured correctly)

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

1/8 tsp ground ginger

1/8 tsp salt

1 tbsp butter or margarine, melted

¼ c + 2 tsp pumpkin purée (NOT pumpkin pie filling)

½ tsp vanilla extract

½ c brown sugar

See Kid-Friendly Halloween Treats

1. Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in a small bowl. In a medium bowl, stir together the butter, pumpkin, and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Mix in the brown sugar, smearing any clumps along the side of the bowl. Add in the dry flour mixture, stirring just until incorporated. Cover the cookie dough with plastic wrap, and chill for at least 1 hour.
2. Line a baking sheet or large plate with wax paper. Roll the cookie dough into 32 little balls, using between 1 – 1½ teaspoons of dough in each ball. Place on the wax paper and refrigerate until ready to serve.

- See more at: http://foodsforthesoul.net/2013/09/23/pumpkin-cookie-dough-bites/#sthash.I2PuXYT3.dpuf

1 c all-purpose flour (measured correctly)

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

1/8 tsp ground ginger

1/8 tsp salt

1 tbsp butter or margarine, melted

¼ c + 2 tsp pumpkin purée (NOT pumpkin pie filling)

½ tsp vanilla extract

½ c brown sugar

See Kid-Friendly Halloween Treats

1. Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in a small bowl. In a medium bowl, stir together the butter, pumpkin, and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Mix in the brown sugar, smearing any clumps along the side of the bowl. Add in the dry flour mixture, stirring just until incorporated. Cover the cookie dough with plastic wrap, and chill for at least 1 hour.
2. Line a baking sheet or large plate with wax paper. Roll the cookie dough into 32 little balls, using between 1 – 1½ teaspoons of dough in each ball. Place on the wax paper and refrigerate until ready to serve.

- See more at: http://foodsforthesoul.net/2013/09/23/pumpkin-cookie-dough-bites/#sthash.I2PuXYT3.dpuf