Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting – these crunchy sugar cookies with pumpkin and cream cheese frosting are perfect for fall and upcoming holidays, like Thanksgiving.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
I love fall, especially in my kitchen, because I really enjoy making apple and pumpkin desserts. I like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, so they can always be found in my fall recipes. I enjoy when my kitchen smells of them.
I enjoy making cookies. Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are one of my family’s favorite fall desserts.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
They are so quick and easy to prepare and you get looooots of cookies. You can enjoy consuming them for a few days.
You will need some standard ingredients like: flour, sugar, baking powder, spices, butter, egg, vanilla, pumpkin puree and my secret ingredient – cornstarch, for finer texture.
Cream cheese frosting gives them richer taste.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Crunchy cookies + creamy frosting = perfection. Besides cream cheese, you will need butter, powdered sugar and vanilla for the perfect frosting.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting will be a great dessert for your Thanksgiving dinner.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
You can also prepare them without frosting and get crunchy pumpkin sugar cookies. If you wish them to be extra sweet, roll the balls in sugar before baking.
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Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sugar cookies and cream cheese frosting are my favorite, so that makes Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting my number one. Try them and enjoy their amazing taste!
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
- COOKIES
- 2¼ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2½ cup powdered sugar
- TO PREPARE COOKIES:
- In a large dish combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt. Set aside.
- In another large dish beat butter and sugar, at high speed, until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolk and vanilla and continue beating at medium speed, until smooth. Add pumpkin and beat until well combined. Lower the speed while adding dry ingredients until you get fine dough.
- Cover with plastic foliage and cool for 20 min.
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Take the dough out of the fridge and roll the balls from a tablespoon of dough.
- Place them on the baking sheet and press each one of them.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges become brown.
- Take out of the oven and leave for a few minutes in the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- TO MAKE THE FROSTING:
- In medium dish beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth. Add powdered sugar and beat until well combined.
- Spread the filling evenly on the cooled cookies and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Keep in a well sealed container, refrigerated, up to 5 days.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
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