Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

1. Mix butter, pumpkin puree, egg, and sugar until well blended.

2. mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice in separate bowl until evenly blended.

3. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients a little at a time, stirring between each addition, until well blended.

4. chill dough and ungreased cookie sheet for 15 minutes.

5. while dough is chilling, mix 3 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice in small bowl.

6. After 15 minutes of chilling, roll dough into 1 inch balls and coat with cinnamon sugar/pumpkin pie spice mixture by by gently rolling in the mixture.

7. place rolled balls of dough on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.

8. remove from pan immediately.