Pumpkin Cookies With Brown Sugar Frosting
These super soft pumpkin cookies with brown sugar frosting will melt in your mouth! Make these quick (just 30 minutes!), tasty pumpkin cookies to usher in the fall asap!
Servings: 28 servings
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 15 oz can canned pure pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Frosting
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup heavy cream (or other milk)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
- In a large bowl cream together butter and sugars until lightly and fluffy. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla and mix until thoroughly.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until combined. Use a cookie scoop (about 1 1/2 tablespoons dough) to drop mounds onto a lightly greased cookie sheet leaving about 2-3 inches between each cookie dough mound. Use the palm of your hand to slightly flatten each mound (press down about 1/2 inch to flatten the top a little bit).
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes. Allow to cool on the pan for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- To make the frosting, melt butter in a medium sauce pan. Add brown sugar, reduce heat to medium-low and stir in heavy cream. Continue to stir over medium-low heat for about 2 minutes until smooth. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and pour into a large bowl. Add powdered sugar and mix in completely. Frost cooled cookies.
- Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days.
Notes
- The cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- Some ways to customize these easy pumpkin cookies is to add mini chocolate chips to the batter or sometimes I like to top the brown sugar frosting with a sprinkle of chopped walnuts or pecans.
- Store in airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition
Calories: 168kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 113mg | Potassium: 77mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 2418IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg
