PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners. Sift together the flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, allspice, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
• Beat 1/2 cup of butter, the white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in the milk and pumpkin puree after the last egg. Stir in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting by beating the cream cheese and 1/4 butter with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth. Beat in the confectioners' sugar a little at a time until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; beat until fluffy. Once the cupcakes are cool, frost with the cream cheese icing.

Steps:

• Combine flour, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a separate bowl beat together butter and brown sugar until creamy.
• Beat in pumpkin, egg, and vanilla.
• Gradually add flour mixture until well combined; stir in nuts.
• Drop by rounded TBS, or small cookie scoop, onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven at 350°F for 11-14 minutes.
• Cool completely before frosting.
• To make frosting, beat together cream cheese and butter.
• Gradually add in powdered sugar until well combined and smooth.
• Spread frosting on cooled cookies or pipe on using frosting bag and tip.