Ever since I discover pumpkin last year (in Mexico pumpkin is not very popular and I hadn’t cooked it in any way until last December) I have made a lot of different pumpkin recipes, from pumpkin rolls to pumpkin chili and pumpkin mole. Here are all the pumpkin recipes I have posted on this blog.
Why do I like pumpkin so much? Mainly because it is delicious. Pumpkin is one of those fruits (yes it is a fruit) that can be cooked in so many and creative ways as your imagination allows. Pumpkins are also healthy. As any other fruit, pumpkins are mainly water and low in salt. They contain zero cholesterol. Pumpkins are rich in beta-carotene, an anti-oxidant that helps to reduce certain types of cancer and lowers the risk of heart disease. Delicious and healthy, what a great combination.
Because of this newly found love for pumpkins I have bookmarked, printed and tried a lot of pumpkin recipes in the last months. And now that Christmas is so close and it is time to bake cookies like crazy, I wanted to bake some pumpkin cookies, although I had never made any before. Fortunately, I had bookmarked Jill’s Pumpkin cookies recipe from her blog Simple Daily Recipes and I could finally come around to make them this week.
I was surprised how tasty they turned out. They are soft and not-too-sweet and if you eat them the next day they taste a lot better. I made a few changes to Jill’s recipe. I didn’t have any nutmeg so I used a little bit of almond extract. I also added a ¼ teaspoon of ground ginger, which gave them a nice, almost imperceptible kick. And I topped each cookie with a roasted pecan. This is one kind of cookies I will be making again.
Buen provecho!
11 Replies
Your cookies look yummy!
I’m so glad you like them. And you’re right, they taste better the next day and the next day after that one.
Posted on December 9th, 2007 at 9:17 am
The cookies look good. Nice and golden brown, with those toasted pecans.
Posted on December 9th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Hola Ben! Que buenas las cookies!!! I didn’t know all these good things about pumpkins… but I know about a recipe… with pumpkin cream and foie… that’s just too much! I’ll let you know when I do it, si?
Have a good day!
Posted on December 10th, 2007 at 3:29 am
I LOVE BIG PUMPKINS! Wow, those are some monsters! Love pumpkin recipes too (but you already know that!)
Posted on December 12th, 2007 at 7:03 am
Hey Ben,
Looks like pumpkins are keeping you busy this season. These do look abs delicious. Love the roasted pecans on top…
Cheers
Posted on December 13th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
We had some three days after I made them and they were just perfect. Thanks for the recipe!
Posted on December 14th, 2007 at 12:41 am
The toasted pecans were the perfect touch. Nothing brings the flavor better than toasting them
Posted on December 14th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Oh yes, anything pumpkin this way please
I can’t wait to try some new recipes I’ve been planning for a couple of weeks.
Posted on December 14th, 2007 at 12:43 am
And you know what? They’ve had bigger pumpkins before. This year the weather didn’t help much but I think the biggest one has been close to 2000 pounds, Just imagine all the delicious food we could prepare with so much pumpkin!
Posted on December 14th, 2007 at 12:45 am
I am like a kid with a new toy. I don’t know why it took me so long to discover their deliciousness
Cheers!
Posted on December 14th, 2007 at 12:46 am
I never ever post but this time I will,Thanks alot for the great blog.
Posted on August 30th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
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