Delicious and soft pumpkin cookies that just melt in your mouth! These are the BEST pumpkin cookies and the cream cheese frosting on top is fantastic!
Course Dessert
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 30cookies
Author Leanna
Ingredients
1cupbutter, softened
1cupgranulated sugar
1tspbaking powder
1tspbaking soda
1/2tspsalt
1tspground cinnamon
1/2tspground nutmeg
1egg
1tspvanilla
1cupcanned pumpkin
2cupsall-purpose flour
Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2cupbutter, softened
8ozcream cheese, softened
4cupspowdered sugar
1tsp vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, beat 1 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Beat until combined, scraping bowl occasionally. Add egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until combined. Beat in pumpkin. Lastly beat in flour.
Drop dough by heaping teaspoons 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until tops are set. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
To make the cream cheese frosting: Beat together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy. Frost cooled cookies