Description
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies are made with pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice and basic sugar cookie ingredients such as sugar, butter and flour. Add a cinnamon cream cheese frosting and these cookies are guaranteed to be a hit!
Ingredients
Scale
- Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 16 ounces confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add 1.5 cups granulated sugar and 1.5 cups softened butter. Use a hand or stand mixer to beat thoroughly for 3-5 minutes.
- Add egg yolk, teaspoon vanilla extract and .5 cup pumpkin puree. Beat until smooth and creamy.
- In a separate bowl, add the flour, salt, baking powder and pumpkin spice together and mix all those dry ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients with the wet in increments and beat until thoroughly blended.
- Cover and place dough into refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove cookie dough from refrigerator and spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray.
- Use a cookie scoop to portion the cookies and place onto baking sheet giving space between each.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes.
- Place on a cooling rack.
- Once cooled, begin the frosting. In a large mixing bowl, add 1/4 cup softened butter and 8 ounce block of cream cheese. Make sure the cream cheese has been sitting out for awhile to warm up and is not straight from the refrigerator. Use a hand or stand mixer to beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth and creamy.
- Add the teaspoon of cinnamon and vanilla extract. Beat again.
- Add the confectioners sugar in increments and beat until the frosting is creamy.
- Frost each cookie and serve or store in refrigerator until serving.
- Prep Time: 60
- Cook Time: 17
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven