Recipe For Pumpkin Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat in egg and vanilla.

Recipe for pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting. While the cookies are cooling make the cream cheese frosting. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add granulated sugar baking powder baking soda salt cinnamon and nutmeg.

Pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting are my new favorite cookie these cookies are what pumpkin is all about. In a medium bowl cream together the 1 2 cup of butter and white sugar. Combine the flour cinnamon baking soda salt and baking powder.

Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls. In a large bowl beat 1 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. In the bowl of a stand mixer combine butter and cream you can also use an electric hand mixer and beat until creamy and smooth about 1 minute.

Line two 18 by 13 inch baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes on sheets before removing to finish cooling on waxed paper. Transfer to wire cooling racks to cool completely.

Beat until combined scraping bowl occasionally. Mix in dry ingredients. Beat in confectioners sugar about 1 2 cup at a time until frosting is smooth and spreadable.

Beat cream cheese 1 4 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until soft and creamy. You really need to store these pumpkin cookies in a single layer if they have already been frosted with the cream cheese frosting. Gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.