Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing
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24 Cookies
Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing
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These soft, cakey Pumpkin Cookies are a must for fall baking. Don’t forget to add the tangy cream cheese frosting for the perfect accompaniment to these spiced cookies.
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Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1 cup butter flavored shortening
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
For the frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons butter softened
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
For the Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Cream shortening, butter, white sugar and pumpkin. Add eggs and mix well.
- Sift together the baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, salt and flour. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
- Drop from spoon to parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake 13-15 minutes..
For the Cream Cheese Icing
- Mix the cream cheese with the butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract, and milk in a bowl.
- Heat in a microwave for 5-10 seconds.
- Drizzle spoonfuls over the cooled cookies and smooth with the back of a spoon or a spatula.
Notes
- - I wanted big cookies, so I measured each cookie out to 1/4 cup, I shaped the cookies into circular blobs and smoothed the tops with dampened finger tips.- When the cookies were just slightly warm, I spooned on the cream cheese icing, smoothed the surface and tossed on some fall inspired sprinkles.- This icing recipe does not harden!
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