Melt in your Mouth Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Delicious and soft pumpkin cookies that just melt in your mouth! These are the BEST pumpkin cookies and the cream cheese frosting on top is fantastic!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 30Cookies
Author: Alyssa Rivers
Ingredients
1cupbuttersoftened
1cupgranulated sugar
1teaspoonbaking powder
1teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonground cinnamon
1/2teaspoonground nutmeg
1eggs
1teaspoonsvanilla
1cupcanned pumpkin
2cupsall-purpose flour
Cream Cheese Frosting:
1/2cupbuttersoftened
8Ozcream cheesesoftened
4cupspowdered sugar
1teaspoonvanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, beat 1 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Beat until combined, scraping bowl occasionally. Add egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until combined. Beat in pumpkin. Lastly beat in flour.
Drop dough by heaping teaspoons 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until tops are set. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
To make the cream cheese frosting: Beat together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy. Frost cooled cookies
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Notes
If you would like to use the entire can of pumpkin, double the recipe.