Ingredients for - Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting (The World's Best!)
How to cook deliciously - Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting (The World's Best!)
1 . Stage
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two baking sheets.
2 . Stage
Make cookies: Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl.
3 . Stage
Beat butter, both sugars, egg, and vanilla with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl until smooth. Beat in pumpkin puree. Gradually stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture until combined; batter will be moist.
4 . Stage
Drop teaspoonfuls of batter about 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
5 . Stage
Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes, switching racks halfway through.
6 . Stage
Remove from the oven and let cool on the sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely, about 25 minutes.
7 . Stage
While the cookies are cooling, make frosting: Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer until soft and creamy. Beat in powdered sugar, about 1/2 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable.
8 . Stage
Spread frosting over cooled cookies.