Pumpkin Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting
Serves: 4
Manley Abshire
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
53
Spice
48
Sweetness
49
Sourness
43
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.8
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Sugar2 tbsps
Maple Syrup2
Eggs1 cup
Pumpkin (canned)1.5 tsps
Ground Cinnamon1 tsp
Spice (ground all)1 tsp
Nutmeg (freshly grated)1 pinch
Ground Cloves2.5 cups
Flour2 tsps
Baking Powder1 cup
Confectioners Sugar1 cup
Milk1 tbsp
Vanilla ExtractDirections:
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
2
In a mixer, fitted with a paddle, cream the sugar and the butter until light and fluffy
3
Add the maple syrup and eggs
4
Mix to incorporate
5
Add the pumpkin and mix to incorporate
6
Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cloves
7
Add the dry ingredients to the batter and mix well
8
Drop rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets
9
Bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown around the edges
10
Cool on racks
11
When cool, ice with the cream cheese frosting
12
For the Frosting: In a mixer, fitted with a paddle, add the cream cheese
13
Beat until light and fluffy
14
Beat in the powdered sugar until smooth
15
Add milk and vanilla
16
Beat until smooth
17
If frosting is too thick, thin with a little more milk
18
Fold in the lemon zest
19
When cookies are cool spread with some of the frosting
20
Garnish with a whole pecan