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Pumpkin Cookies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

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Soft, moist pumpkin cookies with a fluffy cinnamon cream cheese frosting. These definitely conquered the pumpkin craving. At least for today…

Ingredients

  • FOR THE COOKIES:
  • 2-½ cups All-purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 3 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • 1 cup Softened Butter, Divided
  • 1 cup White Sugar
  • ½ cups Brown Sugar
  • 1-¼ cup Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 whole Large Egg
  • 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
  • _____
  • FOR THE FROSTING:
  • 1 package (8oz) Cream Cheese, Softened
  • 3 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt; set aside.

In your mixer bowl cream together 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the pumpkin, egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. Mix in the dry ingredients until blended.

Scoop the batter onto parchment-lined baking sheets and bake for 15-18 minutes, until the cookies spring back when you gently press the tops. Remove to a cooling rack and cool completely before frosting.

In your clean mixer bowl, beat together the remaining 1/2 cup butter and the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the powdered sugar, the remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla and the cinnamon until fluffy. Spread on top of the cooled cookies.

For best results, store these cookies in the fridge or freezer and let them come to room temperature before serving!

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Jennifer Young on 10.9.2011

These were delicious!!! I’m a huge pumpkin fan and these have earned a place on my list of must bakes :)

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carnivoregirl on 10.30.2010

Really quite tasty. I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin, but these are really good. I cheated a little on the icing. Rather than make the frosting, I bought a tub of store bought butter cream frosting and mixed about 1/4 tsp of cinnamon into it. Yummy!

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thebakingbandit on 11.4.2014

These turned out very good! Mine weren’t as puffy as yours, but that might be because I substituted some of the flour for almond flour. They still turned out delicious, not too sweet and perfectly spiced. And this recipe made 41 cookies for me, so plenty to go around!

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Jennifer Young on 10.9.2011

These were perfect! Very easy to make and so delicious! The cinnamon cream cheese frosting really gives this a sweet twist! I’ll be making this one constantly!

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nikki on 10.3.2011

In love with these!!!!

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zncjmom on 11.28.2010

These are really tasty. The icing is great right on the border of too sweet but the cinnamon tames it nicely. I made the second batch of cookies too big so I think this could make more than 24 cookies. Yummy!

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alienbea on 10.23.2010

Wonderful!

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