Lightly spiced, these super soft pumpkin sugar cookies have a sweet cream cheese frosting dotted with the perfect amount of colorful sprinkles.
Pumpkin Cookies (with Cream Cheese Frosting!)
Usher in the fall season with these easy pumpkin cookies that just melt in your mouth!These soft cookies remind me of Lofthouse cookies in texture but have a delicious homemade flavor.They use ingredients I always have on hand.Prep a few or a big batch, pumpkin cookies can be made ahead and frozen until ready to frost.Soft and cake-like, pumpkin cookies are a perfect for a cozy cookie-decorating party! Set out bowls of colored frosting and an assortment of sprinkles and everyone can create their own masterpieces!
Storing Solutions
Keep leftover frosted pumpkin cookies in an air-tight container in a single layer for up to 4 days. Store the cookies with a slice of bread to absorb any moisture that might be caused by temperature changes. Unfrosted, cooled cookies can be frozen in a zippered bag for up to 8 weeks. Sugar –This recipe uses both white and brown sugar, but alternative sugar-free sweeteners can be used (same great taste, fewer calories!), refer to the package for quantity adjustments. Pumpkin – This recipe only uses a little bit of pumpkin, so use what’s left to make easy pumpkin butter, a fluffy pumpkin dip, or pumpkin pie parfaits. Cream Cheese Frosting – This cream cheese frosting is so easy to make, you’ll want to keep the recipe on hand for everything from cookies to cupcakes to quick bread! Brown sugar adds more depth to the flavor, so it matches the mildly spicy cookie profile. Tint the frosting with food coloring, if desired. Toppings – Colorful holiday sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, toffee bits, candied pecans, toasted coconut, caramel chips, crushed cookies, and chopped dried cranberries are perfect for a cookie decorating get-together!
Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature.Be sure to chill the dough or the batter will be too sticky.If your kitchen is warm and the dough becomes sticky while preparing, put it back into the fridge. Let the cream cheese come to room temperature while you’re making the cookie dough. Brown sugar dissolves quickly when microwaved for about 30 seconds before adding it to the mixing bowl.
More Pumpkin Desserts
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