How To Make Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Chocolate Glaze
These low-fat pumpkin spice cookies are made with pumpkin puree and cream cheese molded like cake ball then drizzled with a chocolate glaze.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4⅓ozcream cheese,1/3 less fat, softened
- 2tbspunsalted butter,softened
- ¾cupbrown sugar,packed
- ¼cupsugar
- 1egg
- ½cuppumpkin puree,canned
- ¼cupbuttermilk
- ½tspvanilla extract
- 1¾cupsall purpose flour
- ½tsppumpkin spice
- ½tspBaking Soda
- ½tspsalt
- ¼tspbaking powder
For Chocolate Glaze:
- ¼cupconfectioners sugar
- ½tbspunsweetened cocoa powder
- ½tbspmilk
- ⅛tspvanilla extract
- salt
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Line baking sheet with a silicone mat.
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In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, and sugars together until light and fluffy.
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Add egg and beat well.
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Mix in pumpkin, buttermilk, and vanilla.
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In another bowl, combine flour, spice, baking soda, salt, and baking powder then gradually add to the pumpkin mixture and mix well.
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Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2-inches apart onto a silicone lined baking sheets.
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Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until golden. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
Glaze:
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Whisk the confectioners’ sugar, cocoa powder, milk, vanilla, and salt in a bowl.
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Place in a piping bag or a zip lock bag with the point cut off and drizzle onto the cookies.
Nutrition
- Calories: 71.65kcal
- Fat: 2.28g
- Saturated Fat: 1.28g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.58g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.14g
- Carbohydrates: 11.71g
- Fiber: 0.33g
- Sugar: 6.16g
- Protein: 1.25g
- Cholesterol: 11.23mg
- Sodium: 58.33mg
- Calcium: 15.03mg
- Potassium: 31.92mg
- Iron: 0.46mg
- Vitamin A: 52.43µg
- Vitamin C: 0.19mg
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