Donut Muffins

Pumpkin Spice

These soft pumpkin cookies have incredible spice flavor, plus they’re decorated with festive cream cheese frosting pumpkins.

Flour

Spices + Salt

Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

B. Powder + B. Soda

Egg  Yolk

Brown Sugar

Sugar

Pumpkin Purée

Vanilla

Vanilla

Cornstarch

Butter

Butter

Salt

Make the cookie dough. Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices.

Step 1

Cream the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.

Step 2

Add egg yolk, pumpkin and vanilla and beat until well blended.

Step 3

Add the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.

Step 4

Scoop 1 ½ Tablespoon balls of cookie dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Step 5

Bake cookies at 350°F for 12 minutes, or until cookies are puffed in the center with golden edges.

Step 6

Make the frosting by beating cream cheese and butter with vanilla, salt, and confectioners' sugar until creamy.

Step 7

Color the frosting using gel food coloring and add to piping bags.

Step 8

Pipe lines of orange frosting onto cookies to form a pumpkin shape.

Step 9

Pipe green frosting onto cookies to form stem and leaves.

Step 10

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