Easy Best Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe
These delicious Pumpkin Sugar Cookies taste like fall!
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Servings: 36 COOKIES
Calories: 202kcal
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅓ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
For rolling:
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
For the cream cheese frosting:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Using a hand-held or stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until creamy and smooth.
- Add the pumpkin puree, egg, and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and nutmeg.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet, in a few additions, beating on low speed after each addition, scraping the bottom and sides of the bowl, until well combined. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Make the cinnamon sugar by combining the granulated sugar and ground cinnamon and set aside.
- After the chilling time is over, shape the dough into 36 balls of about 2 tbsp of dough for each ball. Roll them in the cinnamon sugar and place them on the baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch of space between them.
- Press the cookies slightly using the bottom of a glass or the palm of your hand and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are slightly browned. Remove from the oven, let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a cooking rack to cool down completely.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting. Beat the cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, and salt until well combined, using a hand-held or stand mixer. Gently beat in the powdered sugar until smooth. Spread over the cooled cookies.
Nutrition
Calories: 202kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 105mg | Potassium: 26mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 1.5mg | Iron: 3mg