Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

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Pumpkin Cookies

Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies are the ultimate fall dessert recipe! Made with canned pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and a sweet & tangy cream cheese frosting … this easy cookie is soft, thick, dense, and delicious. Full of warm spices and flavor, these will be a pumpkin season family favorite!

Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients

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Unsalted Butter Pumpkin Puree White Sugar All Purpose Flour

Egg  Vanilla Extract Pumpkin Pie Spice Baking Powder Salt

Ingredients

Frosting Ingredients

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Cream Cheese Unsalted Butter Powdered Sugar Vanilla Extract

1

Add the melted butter, pumpkin, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract to a large bowl.  Combine until smooth.

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Wet ingredients...

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Then add in the dry ingredients – flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt.  Combine until a cookie dough forms.

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Dry ingredients...

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3

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill.  Remove the dough and roll into cookie dough balls.  Place them on a parchment paper prepared baking sheet.  Bake.

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Roll cookie dough...

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While the cookies are baking, make the cream cheese frosting.  Add the cream cheese and butter to a medium bowl and soften.  Beat with an electric mixer until evenly combined.

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Cream cheese frosting...

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Then beat in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract.  Place the frosting in the fridge until the cookies are baked and cooled.

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Cream cheese frosting...

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Remove the cookies from the oven and cool completely.  Spread about a tablespoon of frosting on the top of each cookie.  Then add an extra sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon.

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Frost & sprinkle...

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Serve and enjoy this fall season!

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Enjoy...

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