400 cookies

This is officially my 400th blog post.  Who knew I had so much to say?  (Don't answer that.)

Today for my baking adventure I was jonesin' for some Molasses cookies, but I wanted pumpkin in them.  I found a recipe for molasses cookies on food.com and made my own adjustments to it.  They turned out pretty darn good if I do say so myself.  :)

Soft Molasses Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup softened butter 
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars until light colored and fluffy.  Add in pumpkin and mix thoroughly. 
3. Beat in molasses and eggs; set mixture aside.
4. Dump in salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves and cinnamon.  Mix thoroughly. 
5. Add in flour.  Mix.
6. Scoop out 1 1/2 inch balls of dough onto the cookie sheet.
7. Pour a bit of white sugar in a bowl.  Dip the bottom of a cup into the sugar and press the cookies flat.
8. Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes.  Do not over bake!