Pumpkin Butter Cookies

Pumpkin cookies sound like a perfect little taste of fall, but everywhere I looked, through books, web pages, and cooking videos, every last recipe produced a fluffy, cakey cookie. While I enjoy a good cakey cookie every now and then, I craved something more crisp, buttery, and shortbreadlike. Requiring less liquid and therefore less pumpkin purée, pumpkin butter is absolutely necessary to provide enough flavor in these miniature squash confections. Delicately flavored, they’re a wonderful