Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

These Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are soft, moist, and full of warm spices. They have a perfect cake-like texture that melts in your mouth. Don’t forget the cream cheese frosting that pulls it all together for the perfect fall cookie.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Total Time 50

Servings cookies

Calories 268kcal

Author Deborah Harroun

Ingredients

Cookies:

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
10 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Frosting:

8 oz cream cheese at room temperature
4 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or a silpat liner.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a large bowl, beat the butter with the granulated sugar and brown sugar until creamy. Beat in the egg until combined. Add the pumpkin puree and the vanilla and mix.
Add the dry ingredients and mix just until fully combined. Do not overmix. The dough is not like traditional cookie dough - it is almost closer to a thick cake batter.
Using a 2 tablespoon scoop, scoop the cookie dough and drop onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies 2 inches apart.
Baking one sheet at a time, bake the cookies until set, about 15-16 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting. Beat the cream cheese and butter together until light and creamy. Beat in the brown sugar until dissolved. Add the vanilla. Start adding the powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until fully incorporated and thick.
Frost the cooled cookies with the cream cheese frosting. Dust with cinnamon, if desired.

Notes

This makes enough frosting to generously frost each cookie. You may choose to not use all of the frosting.

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should be used as a general guide.

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