Pumpkin Spice Cut-Out Cookies

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.
2. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin spice until well mixed.
3. In a large bowl mix together butter, egg and brown sugar with your mixer on medium speed until combined. Then, add the molasses, pumpkin puree and vanilla extracts and beat on low speed until smooth.
4. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients and mix on slow speed until combined and smooth.
5. Divide the dough in half and roll both into balls or disks. Place one in-between two sheets of wax paper and roll out with a rolling pin until 1/4 of an inch thick. Then cut out the dough with your desired cookie cutters. Remove the excess dough around your shapes and transfer the wax sheet with the cut outs onto a platter or baking sheet and place in the freezer for about 10 minutes. (This will help the cookies hold their shape in the oven and while being handled.)
6. After your cut-out dough shapes have been chilled, transfer them to another baking sheet that is lined with parchment paper (about 2 inches apart) and bake for 7-9 minutes. (Bake one sheet at a time.) When the cookies are done let them rest and finish baking on the warm sheet for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
7. Once your cookies are completely cool, decorate them with royal icing or frosting as desired.