Start fall off with these delicious cranberry pumpkin cookies! They also go great with a morning cup of coffee.

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 cup solid pack pumpkin puree
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup halved fresh cranberries
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tablespoon orange zest

Directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.

Step 2

Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in pumpkin purée, egg, and vanilla.

Step 3

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together into a medium bowl. Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until well blended. Stir in cranberries, walnuts, and orange zest. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 5

Remove from the oven and transfer to wire racks to cool.