Chocolate-Glazed Pumpkin Cookies

I put up my Christmas lights on Satuday night; it felt good. I usually don't ever decorate this early but the weather outside is frightful, as the song goes, and since I don't have a delightful fire inside (for lack of a fireplace), Christmas decorations will have to do. Plus I'm having a dinner party later this week and I wanted to create the ambience with a ton of white lights. I love tiny white lights. See my Christmas-themed header? I took that picture last Christmas of my tiny (children's) nativity under my tiny tree. In the coming years I'd like to get a more rustic nativity set. I've seen some good ones at Ten Thousand Villages, the fair trade store. Anybody know any other good places to get one?

This is a recipe by Everyday Food, a Martha Stewart magazine. I actually made these around Thanksgiving but never got around to posting the pictures. I wanted to make some sort of pumpkin dessert besides cheesecake or pie. Sometimes you just get tired of the same ol', same ol', y'know? These cookies are quite unique; they have a soft cakey texture and are delicious with tea. It was my first attempt at piping with a ziploc bag :) Next time I'll try chocolate chips.

Here's a link to the recipe on Everyday Food.