PUMPKIN SPICE SUGAR COOKIES

PUMPKIN SPICE SUGAR COOKIES For the cookies: 1 cup butter, softened ½ cup sour cream 1 cup sugar 2 eggs ½ teaspoon vanilla 2 ¾ cup flour 1 teaspoon baking soda ¾ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cream of tartar For the frosting: ½ cup butter softened ½ cup shortening 1/4 cup canned pumpkin 3-4 cups powdered sugar 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice pinch of salt Preheat oven to 350. In the bowl of a mixer, cream together butter, sour cream and sugar. Beat in eggs. Add vanilla. In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar. Carefully add dry ingredients to batter. Beat until combined. Using a cookie scoop, scoop out the dough, about the size of a walnut and with floured hands roll into a ball. Place on cookie sheet. Flatten cookies with the bottoms of a glass that has been dipped into sugar. Bake for 10 minutes. Do not over bake. Let cookies rest on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. For the frosting, cream together butter and shortening. Beat in pumpkin. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time. Blend in pumpkin pie spice and a pinch of salt. If frosting is too thick add milk or water until creamy. Frost over completely cooled cookies.