Description
Soft baked cookies made with pumpkin purée and warm spices, topped with creamy, lightly sweetened cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup pumpkin purée
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 cup butter, softened (for frosting)
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (for frosting)
- Pinch of salt (for frosting)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add in the pumpkin purée, vanilla extract, and egg; mix until smooth and well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, stirring until just combined.
- Drop spoonfuls of dough onto a greased baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
- Let cookies cool completely on a wire rack.
- For frosting, beat butter until smooth and creamy, then add cream cheese and beat until silky.
- Slowly mix in the icing sugar, vanilla extract, and pinch of salt until light and fluffy.
- Generously spread the cream cheese frosting on top of completely cooled cookies.
Notes
For less sweet frosting, reduce icing sugar. Use room temperature ingredients for best results.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg