Best Pumpkin Cookies with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
Best Pumpkin Cookies with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting are soft, fluffy, and melt-in-your-mouth cookies topped with vanilla cream cheese frosting. So YUMMY! With an amazingly light texture and irresistible sweet flavors, make these the BEST pumpkin cookies EVER!!
My family loves to bake cookies, especially ones that can be whipped up in a matter of minutes. This happens to be one of those recipes!
Yep. No fuss at all!
Best Pumpkin Cookies with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
These pumpkin cookies couldn’t be any easier. Just one bowl to mix all the ingredients, and bake for about 10 minutes. 🙂
All the ingredients are probably in your pantry and fridge. Plus, in this recipe, you will notice the cookie dough will be very soft, similar to the Italian Lemon Cookies that we adore!
What Makes These the BEST Pumpkin Cookies?
- They are very soft and moist with a cake-like texture.
- The flavor is amazing! Sweet tasting with the perfect amount of pumpkin.
- The frosting on top is made with cream cheese and adds the perfect balance to these cookies.
Ingredients Needed for Best Pumpkin Cookie Recipe:
For our pumpkn cookie recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
- butter
- sugar
- baking soda
- baking powder
- ground nutmeg
- cinnamon
- egg
- pure vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour (or GF)
- pure pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
Ingredients for the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- cream cheese
- sweet butter
- pure vanilla extract
- organic powdered sugar
- cinnamon
How to Make the Best Pumpkin Cookies?
Our full recipe card is located at the bottom. But before you go, let’s go through these easy steps on how easy these cookies are to make.
1. Beat all the ingredients in one bowl.
2. Drop by teaspoon, or with an ice cream scoop, onto a cookie baking sheet and bake them.
3. And while the cookies are baking in the oven, you can easily whip up the cream cheese frosting.
This recipe will yield about 3 dozen cookies, depending on the size you make them.
Extra Ingredients (with affiliate links):
- Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Bean Extract
- Nature’s Marigold Orange Decorating Sugar
- Libby’s Pure Organic Pumpkin
QUICK TIP! You can double this recipe, especially if you plan to make them for any upcoming gathering, cookie exchange party, or the holidays.
No matter how you decide to frost them or decorate them, the vanilla cream cheese frosting is delicious and pairs perfectly with the flavor of pumpkin.
Your Family and Friends will LOVE these Pumpkin Cookies!
These cookies are so delicious that everyone will go nuts over them.
To make them more festive, simply add a sprinkle of orange-colored sprinkles or orange-colored sugar crystals on top.
Kids of all ages will enjoy these pumpkin cookies – for sure! When you take your first bite, you will fall in love, and so will your guests!
But don’t take our word for it – you’ll have to try them and see for yourself!
These are truly the Best Pumpkin Cookies in every way! Try this recipe, it won’t disappoint.
ENJOY!!
More Delicious Pumpkin Treats!
- Gluten-Free Pumpkin Magic Bars
- Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Cookies
- Pumpkin Spice Lattes- Lightened!
- EASY Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls
- Easy NO BAKE Pumpkin Cheesecake!
- Paleo Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
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Best Pumpkin Cookies with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
Best Pumpkin Cookies with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting are melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness! Made in one bowl and only 10 minutes to bake, these are the best cookies ever!
Ingredients
- 1 cup sweet butter (2 sticks, or 6 Tbsp.) - softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 egg
- 1 + 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup of pumpkin puree ( I used Libby's Pure Pumpkin)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 4-ounces cream cheese - softened
- 4 Tbsp. sweet butter - softened
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract or pure vanilla bean paste
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ground cinnamon, to dust on top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees (180 C).
- In a large mixing bowl, and using a handheld electric mixer, beat on low speed, butter, and sugar until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes.
- Add baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon and beat until well combined.
- Beat in egg, vanilla extract, and pumpkin puree. Then beat in the flour, while scraping the sides of the bowl into the mixture. Cookie dough will be very soft.
- Drop by teaspoons, about 2-inches apart. Or use a cookie scoop.
- Bake for only 10 minutes. Remove and allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Directions for Frosting:
- First, rinse and clean the beaters from the handheld mixer. Next, beat cream cheese with butter in a medium-size bowl.
- Then beat in the vanilla extract and then beat in the powdered sugar. The frosting is now ready to spread on cookies.
- Using a knife to spread a small amount of frosting on top of each cookie.
- Finally, lightly dust with some ground cinnamon on top. Store cookies in sealed containers.
- Yields: 30 to 34 cookies
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 32 to 34 cookies Serving Size: 2 cookiesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 139Total Fat: 8.2gCarbohydrates: 15.8gFiber: ,4gSugar: 9.7gProtein: 1.3g
Have a delicious week and Happy Baking! 🎃
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xo anna and liz
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Wonderful cookies! I love the light texture, spices and cream cheese frosting – Delish!
Susan, and not only they are so good but you’ll love the ease of making them in a matter of minutes! Let know what you think! I love hearing back from you!
These look delicious and are so seasonal. I just love cream cheese frosting.
I don’t know why, but I’m finding it difficult to find the place to leave a comment on your blog!
H Sandra! These are so good, I know you will LOVE them as much as we do. And thank so much for letting me know about the comments. Since I changed over to Wordpress, I am still working out all the kinks and going into each post to fix and change, making them fit & work properly in wordpress.
I could go for these. Thanks for the recipe!
You’re welcome Jeff! Have a great weekend!