Soft and spiced, these pumpkin cookies will get snapped up in a hurry. It's hard to eat just one!
Directions for: Pumpkin Spice Cake Cookies
Ingredients
Cookiescup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 cup pure pumpkin pure
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
tsp baking soda
tsp salt
1 tsp ground ginger
tsp ground cinnamon
tsp ground nutmeg
Frostingcup unsalted butter, at room temperature
package cream cheese, at room temperature
2 - 3 cups icing sugar, sifted
1 tsp vanilla extract
Ground cinnamon, for sprinkling
Directions
Cookies1. Preheat to the oven to 350 F (180 C) and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.
2. Beat the butter and both sugars together (by hand or with electric beaters) until smooth and then beat in the egg. Add the pumpkin pure and stir in well.
3. In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices and add this to the pumpkin batter, stir until evenly mixed. Use an ice cream scoop (#40) and scoop cookies onto the baking trays, leaving 2-inches (50 mm) between them. Bake the cookies for 17-20 minutes, until they lift easily from the tray. Allow the cookies to cool on the trays before frosting them.
Frosting1. For the frosting, beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth and then add 1 cup (130 g) of the icing sugar, beating well. Add the vanilla and an additional cup of icing sugar, beating until fluffy and adding additional icing sugar until the frosting is a spreadable consistency.
2. Pipe or spread the frosting onto each cookie and enjoy. Sprinkle a bit of cinnamon on top of each frosted cookie.
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