Description
Soft pumpkin cookies topped with creamy cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar (as needed)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Mix in egg, vanilla, and pumpkin.
- Combine dry ingredients.
- Add dry ingredients to wet mixture.
- Drop spoonfuls onto baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Beat frosting ingredients until smooth.
- Frost cooled cookies.
Notes
- Store frosted cookies in fridge.
- Use room-temperature butter.
- Adjust sugar to taste.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
Keywords: pumpkin cookies, cream cheese frosting, fall dessert