Soft and Spiced Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
These soft, cake-like pumpkin cookies are topped with a velvety cream cheese frosting. A perfect fall treat that is easy to make and full of warming spices.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 70 mins
- Yield: 36 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg
15 ounce can pumpkin puree
3 ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit and grease two baking sheets.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and ginger in a bowl.
3. Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, brown sugar, egg, and 2 tsp vanilla until smooth; beat in pumpkin.
4. Gradually stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture until combined.
5. Drop teaspoonfuls of batter 2 inches apart onto baking sheets.
6. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire racks.
7. Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 tsp vanilla until creamy.
8. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until smooth.
9. Spread frosting over the cooled cookies.
Notes
Do not overbake; cookies should stay soft and cake-like.
Ensure cookies are 100 percent cool before frosting to prevent melting.
Store frosted cookies in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 152
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 115mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 25mg