Cream Cheese Pumpkin Cookies

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I think you've noticed that I have been posting a lot of pumpkin recipes, mostly sweets lately. Our family shops at Costco from time to time and when we went there about a month ago, we saw 3 giant cans of pumpkin puree for $7. We couldn't pass up on that. So now, I've been cooking and baking with it as often as I can.

These pumpkin cookies have a texture of moist cake and every bite is fantastic. Oh and the cream cheese frosting on top. You could use normal icing (see spiced icing if you're interested) but my family is the biggest fan of cream cheese frosting. It's an addiction, really. I used the same cream cheese frosting recipe for "pumpkin cake roll". I usually like to add nuts or chocolate chips to pumpkin recipes but this time I didn't. And I was glad that I didn't. I could really taste the pumpkin in the cookies and it tasted divine without all the added sweets (except for the cream cheese frosting - that was sweet enough!)

I am so sad that October is almost gone already... I've been enjoying making fall treats and food lately. Now I guess I need to get ready for winter. (Okay, where I live though doesn't really have winter so maybe I can still enjoy some fall food until Summer hits!)

Cream Cheese Pumpkin Cookies

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin puree

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 cup confectioners' sugar

3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons butter, softened

8 ounces cream cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt; set aside.

In a medium bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool cookies, then drizzle glaze with fork.

To Make Frosting: Mix confectioners sugar, vanilla, butter or margarine, and cream cheese together till smooth. 

Frost the cookies with the cream cheese frosting or drizzle the frosting on cookies.