Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Soft Pumpkin Cookies

Easy Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

Fall is in full swing here in Upstate New York so give me all the pumpkin! These pumpkin cookies are soft and delicious and packed full of pumpkin and cinnamon!

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

Add the cream cheese frosting for a real sweet treat or keep the fluffy cookies plain for a breakfast treat. Be sure to cool the cookies completely prior to icing. Once iced, store in the refrigerator.

 

You can freeze these pumpkin cookies prior to icing the cookies.

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

Ingredients Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

 

  • flour
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • cinnamon
  • nutmeg
  • salt
  • butter
  • sugar
  • brown sugar
  • pumpkin puree
  • egg
  • vanilla extract

 

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

 

 

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 TBSP cinnamon

¼ tsp nutmeg

1 tsp salt

1 stick butter, softened

1 cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

1 15 oz can pumpkin puree

1 egg

2 tsp vanilla extract

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

Directions

 

Preheat oven to 350. Line 3 baking sheets with silicon mats.

In an electric mixer with the paddle attachment cream the butter and sugars together. Add in the pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract and combine.

Add the dry ingredients and mix together.

Scoop out onto the prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 20 minutes and cool completely.

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

*** Frost with cream cheese frosting if desired. (8 oz cream cheese, 3 TBSP butter, 2 cups powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract.)

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

 

If you liked this pumpkin cookie recipe, have a look at our other fall recipes:

pumpkin chocolate chip cookie bars

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar

easy fall dessert pumpkin spice

Pumpkin Fluff

pumpkin donut

Pumpkin Donuts

3-Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies

old fashioned apple cake

Apple Cake

Caramel Apple Crisp Baked Apples

Baked Apples

 

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Yield: 24
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

An easy and delicious pumpkin cookie with cream cheese frosting - perfect for fall!

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 TBSP cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Line 3 baking sheets with silicon mats.



In an electric mixer with the paddle attachment cream the
butter and sugars together. Add in the pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract and
combine.



Add the dry ingredients and mix together.



Scoop out onto the prepared baking sheets.



Bake for 20 minutes and cool completely.



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