There is something so wonderful about fall. It is a season of change and adventure, and in the end leads us on into the holiday season. The changes of colors, weather, styles, you know the usual. Some things I enjoy most about this season are; school, the weather, pumpkin anything and everything, and Young Life. This marks the first fall in years that I am not in a classroom, and I miss it quite a bit more than I expected. To be honest, I did not think I would miss it at all. But not sitting in a classroom has given me more time to spend outside and enjoying creation, and the new town I’m living in. And the weather is a dream, waking up to the crisp mornings, or even when it rains! One of my all time favorite smells is the freshness right after the rain… Oh and when it rains it is perfect baking weather. And what a perfect season for baking because pumpkin is out. There is pumpkin ice cream, beer, lattes, fro-yo, cookies, bread, coffee, and the list goes on for days… And last (but certainly not least) Young Life. YL is year round, but it always kicks off in the fall with Leader Retreat. While retreating a few weeks ago I drank endless amounts of coffee, heard some amazing men share the light of Jesus, slept under the stars, did life with some good ones, danced, and walked away refreshed.
Sister Friendly Pumpkin Cookies
1 cup white sugar
1 cup Crisco
1 egg
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups gluten free flour (I used a bean/potato flour, if you don’t want to share with my sister you can use regular all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
1 package of Trader Joes white frosting mix
Pre-heat oven to 350. Mix white sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together. In a separate bowl combine Crisco, egg, pumpkin, and vanilla. Fold in wet mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet, and bake for 10-12 minutes. Mix frosting and top cookies while cooling. Now enjoy.
Good people, good food, beautiful weather, what is there not to love about fall?
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