Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

The perfect fall cookies to bake! Soft, moist, and delicious these pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting are a yummy fall treat perfect for any Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any fall occasion. 

Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

A lightly sweet pumpkin spice flavored cookie with a rich and fluffy whipped cream frosting. These cookies are heavenly and so delish!

More fall recipes to try:

• Pumpkin Brownies
• Pumpkin Energy Bites
• Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Pumpkin Cookie Ingredients:

• butter, softened
• sugar
• baking powder
• baking soda
• salt
• cinnamon
• pumpkin pie spice
• egg
• vanilla extract
• pumpkin puree
• flour

Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:

• butter
• cream cheese
• powdered sugar
• vanilla extract

How to make pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

Begin by preheating oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Next in a large bowl, beat the 1 cup butter with an electric mixer until it is light and fluffy. 

Add the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice to the bowl and beat until combined.

After that add the egg, vanilla extract, and pumpkin puree continue to beat until combined.

Lastly add in the flour and mix together well.

Scoop the cookie dough onto an ungreased baking sheet. (I was able to form 18 cookies, but you can form however many you want.)

Bake at 350 degrees for 11-12 minutes or until cookies are done.

Remove the cookies from the baking sheet and cool to room temperature on a baking rack.

For the frosting, beat together the ½ cup butter and 8 ounces cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar and beat until well combined.

Frost the completely cooled cookies generously with the cream cheese frosting.

Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Servings: 18

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What You Need

Pumpkin Cookies

• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 cups flour

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 8 ounces cream cheese softened
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Begin by preheating oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Next in a large bowl, beat the 1 cup butter with an electric mixer until it is light and fluffy. 

3. Add the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice to the bowl and beat until combined.

4. After that add the egg, vanilla extract, and pumpkin puree continue to beat until combined.

5. Lastly add in the flour and mix together well.

6. Scoop the cookie dough onto an un-greased baking sheet. (I was able to form 18 cookies, but you can form however many you want.)

7. Bake at 350 degrees for 11-12 minutes or until cookies are done.

8. Remove the cookies from the baking sheet and cool to room temperature on a baking rack.

9. For the frosting, beat together the ½ cup butter and 8 ounces cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar and beat until well combined.

10. Frost the completely cooled cookies generously with the cream cheese frosting.