Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
18
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Ingredients for - Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling

1. All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups
2. Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
3. Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
4. Baking soda - ½ teaspoon
5. Salt - ¼ teaspoon
6. Ground nutmeg - 1 dash
7. White sugar - 1 cup
8. Packed light brown sugar - ½ cup
9. Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup
10. Eggs - 2 large
11. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
12. Pumpkin Puree - ¾ cup
13. Whole milk - ½ cup
14. Cream cheese, softened - ½ cup
15. Unsalted butter, softened - 6 tablespoons
16. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
17. Powdered sugar - 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with silicone mats or buttered parchment paper.

2. Stage

Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg for cookies in a medium bowl.

3. Stage

Beat white sugar, brown sugar, and butter in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract until well blended. Slowly beat in pumpkin and milk. Add flour mixture, beating until well blended.

4. Stage

Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets with a tablespoon or cookie scoop.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms are lightly browned and tops are firm, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool for about 5 minutes on the baking sheets and then loosen the bottoms with a spatula; let cool completely on wire racks.

6. Stage

While cookies cool, combine cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract together for filling in a bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in powdered sugar until well blended and filling is smooth.

7. Stage

Frost the bottom of a cookie, then press the bottom of another cookie on the filling to make a sandwich. Repeat with the remaining cookies.