Description
Soft and chewy pumpkin cookies made with warm spices and topped with a luscious maple cream cheese frosting. Perfect for fall baking or a cozy treat.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin Cookies:
- 90 grams unsalted butter, room temperature
- 100 grams (1/2 cup) caster sugar or granulated sugar
- 90 grams (1/2 cup) brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 large egg
- 125 grams (1/2 cup) puréed pumpkin (canned or homemade)
- 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) plain flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Maple Cream Cheese:
- 250 grams (1 and 1/4 cup) full-fat cream cheese, room temperature, roughly chopped
- 30 grams (2 tablespoons) butter, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) standard or 160°C (320°F) fan-forced. Line two large baking trays with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, add butter, caster sugar, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and well combined.
- Add the egg and pumpkin purée. Mix briefly on low speed just to incorporate.
- Add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt. Mix on low speed until a thick, sticky cookie batter forms.
- Use a cookie scoop to portion out approximately 1.5 tablespoons of dough per cookie onto the prepared trays, leaving space between each for spreading.
- Bake for 10–11 minutes or until cookies are no longer sticky to the touch. Let them cool for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make the frosting, place cream cheese, butter, and maple syrup in a bowl. Beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy.
- Once cookies are completely cool, use a spoon or spatula to top each cookie with 1–2 tablespoons of maple cream cheese frosting.
Notes
- Use canned or homemade pumpkin purée—avoid pumpkin pie filling.
- Cookies will be soft and slightly sticky after baking but firm up as they cool.
- Frost cookies only after they are fully cooled to prevent melting the topping.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 202
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
