WHITE CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN COOKIES

WITH DULCE DE LECHE FILLING

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1/4 cup butter flavored crisco (shortening)

  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar

  • 1 tsp vanilla

  • 1 egg

  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

  • 1/2 tsp salt

  • 1/2 tsp baking soda

  • 1/2 tsp baking powder

  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

For Filling & Topping:

  • 1 can dulce de leche

  • 2 cups white chocolate chips, melted

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

  2. In a stand mixer, cream butter with shortening and sugars on medium-high for 4 minutes.

  3. Add in pumpkin, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.

  4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.

  5. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until combined.

  6. Form dough balls and place on baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.

  7. After removing from the oven, form an indent in the middle of the cookies.

  8. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before moving to wire rack.

  9. Spoon the dulce de leche into a piping bag. Cut an inch-wide tip and add about 1 tbsp to each cookie.

  10. Melt the white chocolate chips (white almond bark also works) and place in piping bag. Pipe to cover the tops of the cookies.

  11. Sprinkle the top with cinnamon.