All of those Fall flavors you’re craving wrapped up in one delicious cookie! The pumpkin is subtle but delicious and I could eat this cream cheese frosting by the spoonful. These will quickly become your new favorite Fall cookie!
Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
The ultimate Fall cookie! You won’t want to miss this one.
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter Melted
- 1/4 cup Dark Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/3 cup Pure Pumpkin
- 1 Egg
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract Divided
- 1 1/2 cup Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Salt Divided
- 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 4 oz Cream Cheese Softened
- 4 tbsp Unsalted Butter Softened
- 2 cup Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- To a large bowl add melted butter, dark brown sugar and granulated sugar and whisk until smooth.
- Add in pure pumpkin, 1 tsp vanilla extract and egg and mix until just combined.
- Gently mix in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, 1/4 tsp salt and pumpkin pie spice.
- Chill dough in the fridge for 1-2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet by lining with parchment paper.
- Scoop 2 tbsp portions of the cookie dough and roll into round balls and space out on the baking sheet.
- Gently press down tops of cookies to flatten a bit (the cookies will stay raised if you skip this step)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges look more firm and begin turning golden brown.
- Allow cookies to cool completely before adding frosting.
- To make frosting, beat softened cream cheese and softened butter together until smooth (using a hand mixer or stand mixer is best!)
- Add in 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp salt and powdered sugar and beat for a few minutes until smooth and fluffy.
- Once cookies are cooled, you can apply your frosting by either spreading it on with a knife/offset spatula or using a piping bag.
- Garnish tops of cookies with a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice.
- ENJOY!
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