Nothing welcomes fall like baking a batch of soft pumpkin spice cookies! These easy pumpkin cookies are topped with an incredible homemade cream cheese frosting.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time12 minutesmins
Total Time22 minutesmins
Course: Baked Goods, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cookie recipe, soft pumpkin cookies
Slow the mixer down to the lowest level and add in the vanilla and then the dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Using a cookie scoop, drop dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes. Allow to fully cool before frosting.
Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
In a stand mixer cream together room temperature butter and cream cheese using medium speed until light and fluffy (~3 minutes).
3 oz cream cheese, 2 tbsp butter
Slowly add in the powdered sugar, orange zest, and vanilla and mix until combined.
1 tbsp orange zest, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Frost your cooled and amazing cookies!
Notes
The dough for these soft pumpkin cookies will be fairly sticky. Resist the urge to keep adding more flour.
The cookies will be very soft until completely cooled. Be patient and do wait until they are fully cooled before frosting.
A previous version of this recipe called for 4 cups of whole-wheat pastry flour and 1 tbsp of vital wheat gluten. It has been converted to using all-purpose flour, but the whole wheat version is still delicious!