Description
Delight your taste buds with these soft and cake-like Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies topped with a decadent Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting. Perfect for fall or any time of year!
Ingredients
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For the Cookies:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup canned pumpkin purée
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3 cups old-fashioned oats
For the Frosting:
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1–2 teaspoons milk (as needed for consistency)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream the butter and sugars: In a large bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix wet ingredients: Mix in the pumpkin purée, egg, and vanilla until smooth.
- Combine dry ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
- Combine wet and dry: Gradually stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Fold in the oats.
- Bake: Drop spoonfuls of dough onto baking sheets and bake for 12–14 minutes.
- Make frosting: Beat together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla until smooth.
- Frost cookies: Once cooled, frost the cookies with the cream cheese frosting.
Notes
- These cookies are soft and cake-like.
- For extra texture, add 1/2 cup chopped pecans or raisins to the dough.
- Store frosted cookies in the refrigerator for best freshness.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 frosted cookie
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 16g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
