Fancy Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

It’s my favorite time of the year, which means baking is in full swing. I love the fall and winter time because pumpkin gets its time to shine! One of my favorite things I’ve been making are these delicious and soft pumpkin cookies. They are like soft pumpkin kisses with just the right amount of cream cheese frosting and today I’m sharing the recipe.

I wanted to share this recipe sooner, but when I first made it. I didn’t write down any of the ingredients. I’ve been starting to do that more lately. The first batch was DELICIOUS, but because I didn’t write it down the first time. I couldn’t remember what I did. Don’t you hate when you do that? Don’t worry though. After a few trials, I finally nailed down the fancy pumpkin cookie recipe.

These pumpkin cookies also include maple sugar by Indigenous owned company, Ziibimijwang. I recently learned about this Anishinaabek company and I have been obsessed with their maple products!!! One of my goals this year was to use more Indigenous owned foods and companies in my kitchen and I am so happy I found them. I’ll share a link to their online store, so you can try it out yourself here.

Just a few quick notes before baking these delicious Pumpkin Cookies:

If you do not have access to maple sugar, you can substitute with white granulated sugar. The cookie dough will be very creamy and sticky and you may be tempted to add more flour. That is the way the cookie dough should be. This allows for a cake like cookie. I also prefer making these as large drop cookies, but these can be made as smaller cookies. Just adjust the baking time. The cookies should also remain on the baking sheet until cool.

Enjoy this recipe and if you make this send me a picture on my Facebook or Instagram. I always love seeing your fancy creations.

Fancy Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Yields: 12 large cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 large egg
3/4 cup maple sugar (if you don’t have maple sugar then substitute for white sugar)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup pure pumpkin puree
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin spice
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

Frosting Ingredients:

1/4 cup of cream cheese (room temperature)
1/4 cup of powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking liner
In a large mixing bowl cream together butter, sugar, and eggs until fully combined
Add in baking soda, salt, vanilla extract, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin spice and fully combine
Add in flour ½ cup at a time until fully combined. Cookie dough will be light and fluffy.
Scoop out a tablespoon or more of cookie batter and place on baking sheet
For larger cookies, bake for 12-15 minutes or until tops are slightly brown and let cool completely on baking sheet.
For smaller cookies bake for 10-12 minutes or until tops are slight brown.
For the frosting combine both cream cheese and powdered sugar and mix together until fully combined.
Once cookies are cool, frost cookies with cream cheese frosting.