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      Title: Frosted Pumpkin-Walnut Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 90 servings
 
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine;
           -softened
  1-1/2 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
      2    Eggs
      1 c  Pumpkin; cooked; mashed
    1/2 ts Lemon extract
    1/2 ts Vanilla extract
  2-1/2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 tb Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
      2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
      1 c  Walnuts; chopped
           Maple frosting:
    1/4 c  Butter or margarine;
           -softened
  2-1/4 c  Powdered sugar; sifted
      2 tb Milk
    3/4 ts Maple extract
 
     Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well at medium speed of
  an electric mixxer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
  Stir in pumpkin and flavorings. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and
  pumpkin pie spice. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in
  walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie
  sheets. Bake at 375° for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Frost with Maple
  Frosting.

     Maple Frosting.  Cream butter; gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar,
  beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add remaining sugar
  alternately with milk, beating until smooth enough to spread. Add maple
  extract and beat well.
 
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