Pumpkin Spice White Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
1 3 ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Pumpkin Spice
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 12 ounce bag white chocolate chips
3 tablespoons shortening
food coloring
sugar sprinkles

Directions: 


In a the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter and cream cheese and beat on medium-high until well combined and smooth.

Add confectioners' sugar, baking powder, salt and pumpkin spice, scraping bowl as you go.

Mix in egg and vanilla. It will look a little clumpy and curdled, but that's ok, don't freak out.

Gradually add the flour.

Place dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap and wrap it up. Pat it gently into a rectangle. This will make it easier to roll out the dough after it's chilled.

Place in refrigerator for at least one hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

On a lightly floured surface,  roll dough out until it is about 1/4-inch thick.

Using cookie cutters, cut into the dough.

Place them onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges just begin to turn golden.

Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for a minute before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

In the pan of a double broiler or a bowl over a small pot of simmering water, place the white chocolate chips and shortening.

Stir the chips until everything is completely melted.

Spread a small amount on a cookie until it is covered to your liking.

Sprinkle with sugar crystals.

Place a small amount of melted chocolate into a bowl and mix with desired amount of food coloring.

Place small dots around the cookie and using a toothpick, swirl into the white chocolate.

Allow cookies to set before serving.

Source:  365daysofbaking.blogspot.com