How To Make Frosted Pumpkin Cookies
Baked with pumpkin puree, these soft and chewy pumpkin cookies are loaded with the taste of fall, completed with a vanilla-flavored cream cheese frosting.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupbutter,softened
- 1cupsugar
- ½cupbrown sugar,tightly packed
- ½cuppumpkin puree
- 1large egg,plus 1 egg yolk
- ½tspvanilla extract
- 3⅓cupsall-purpose flour
- 1tbspcornstarch
- 1tspbaking powder
- ¾tsppumpkin spice
- ½tspsalt
For Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 6ozcream cheese
- 6tbspbutter,softened
- 2tbspbrown sugar
- 1tspvanilla extract
- ¼tspsalt
- 3cupspowdered sugar
- sprinkles,for decorating
Instructions
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In a KitchenAid stand mixer (or using an electric hand mixer) cream together butter, sugars, and pumpkin puree on medium-high speed, until well-combined
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Add egg and egg yolk, beating until combined. Stir in vanilla extract.
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In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, corn starch, pumpkin spice, and salt.
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With the mixer on medium-low speed, gradually stir the dry mixture into wet ingredients, pausing occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure that all ingredients are well-combined.
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Transfer dough to refrigerator and chill for 30 to 45 minutes.
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Shortly before the dough has finished chilling, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and prepare cookie sheets by lining with parchment paper.
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Remove dough from refrigerator and roll into heaping 1½-inch tablespoon-sized balls.
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Use the clean bottom of a glass or measuring cup to press down until cookies are about ½-inch thick.
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Place on cookie sheet at least 2 inches apart and bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 13 minutes.
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Allow cookies to cool completely on cookie sheet before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
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In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or using an electric mixer and a large bowl), beat together cream cheese, butter, and brown sugar until well-combined.
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Stir in vanilla extract and salt, and then scrape down sides and bottom of the bowl and beat briefly once more to ensure all ingredients are well-combined.
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Gradually, with mixer on low speed, stir powdered sugar into frosting until completely combined, pausing occasionally to scrape down sides and bottom of the bowl.
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Once cookies have cooled completely, spread icing over the tops of cookies and immediately decorate with sprinkles.
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Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 236.84kcal
- Fat: 10.69g
- Saturated Fat: 6.52g
- Trans Fat: 0.34g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.75g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.49g
- Carbohydrates: 33.81g
- Fiber: 0.50g
- Sugar: 22.42g
- Protein: 2.12g
- Cholesterol: 34.81mg
- Sodium: 96.15mg
- Calcium: 26.48mg
- Potassium: 40.92mg
- Iron: 0.81mg
- Vitamin A: 126.37µg
- Vitamin C: 0.18mg
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