Pumpkin Cookies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Author: Ashley Sears | Crunchy Frugalista
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 20
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Pumpkin Puree
- 1 C Butter Room Temperature
- 1 c sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 Tbsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp Cloves
- 2 3/4 C Flour
- 1 Egg
- 1 t Vanilla
- Ingredients for Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 1/8 tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat Oven 350 degrees
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together brown sugar and butter.
- Then blend in pumpkin.
- Next mix in eggs adding one egg at a time.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients
- Adding a 1/4 cup at a time mix dry mixture into wet mixture.
- (If batter is a bit runny, add an additional 1/4 cup of flour at a time until batter looks like cookie dough)
- Place cookies on a cookie sheet and baked for 12-18 minutes until slightly browned on top.
- Allow to cool.
- For frosting:
- Cream together cream cheese and powdered sugar adding 1/4 cup at a time.
- Blend in cinnamon and whip until fluffy.