Here is another cookie recipe that was given to me that is one of my favorites. They are quick and easy to make and so good, so they are great cookies to make when you need to make up a batch of cookies quickly. I love to make these during the Holiday Season as quick bread mixes go on sale quite frequently between Halloween and the New Year.
Cranberry Pecan Sandies
Cookies:
1 package of Cranberry Orange quickbread mix (15.6 oz.)
½ cup of melted butter
2 tablespoons of orange juice
¾ cup of pecans
about 3 dozen pecan halves
Glaze:
1 cup of confectioner’s sugar
3-4 teaspoons of orange juice
Combine the first four ingredients and mix together, then fold in the ¾ cup of pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place about 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each cookie with a glass coated in cooking spray, and then press a pecan half onto the top of each cookie. Bake the cookies in a 350-degree oven (325 for dark colored cookie sheets) for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool cookies for about a minute on the sheet, and then transfer to a wire rack with a cookie sheet underneath the wire rack to cool.
Mix up glaze and drizzle over cookies. The excess glaze will drip on to the cookie sheet underneath the wire rack instead of pooling on your counter.
This makes about 3 dozen small cookies.
You mentioned having pumpkin to cook after Halloween. I came across some recipes while looking for carving templates.
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/184505_pumpkin-pickles-recipe
There is a pumpkin, orange jam and pickled pumpkin recipes at the link, along with a couple of others.