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Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting. These soft pumpkin cream cheese cookies from baking this simple are the quintessential fall dessert. Warm, soft, and comforting, with the perfect blend of fall spices. You'll want to make these cookies over and over again. Grab the recipe from bakingthissimple.com.
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Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Soft pumpkin cookies frosted with a silky smooth cream cheese frosting
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Total Time31 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Pumpkin Cookies, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cookies
Servings: 21
Calories: 110kcal

Equipment

  • Cookie Sheet

Ingredients

For the Cookies

  • 1 Cup Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 Cup Softened Butter
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 tsps Vanilla
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

For the Frosting

  • 8 oz Cream Cheese
  • 3/4 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 3 tsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

For the Cookies

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Using an electric hand mixer, whip together the pumpkin, softened butter, and sugar until fluffy, about one minute.
  • Then add in your egg and mix for another minute. Next add in the vanilla and mix for another minute. Your dough will be light and fluffy.
  • In a separate bowl combine, flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients. Starting on low, gently increase mixer speed until the dry ingredients are mixed into the wet, and your dough becomes sticky.
  • Place your dough in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
  • When 30 minutes is up, scoop out a golf ball sized scoop of cookie dough, and using your hands roll it into a ball. Place six cookie dough balls onto a cookie sheet, put the rest of the dough back into the refrigerator.
  • Bake the cookies for 11 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Repeat for the remaining cookie dough. Let cookies cool for an hour before frosting.

For the Frosting

  • Using an electric hand mixer, whip together the cream cheese, and powdered sugar. Then add the vanilla and lemon juice. Mix until the frosting is smooth and there are no clumps. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.