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Pumpkin Cookies with Maple Frosting

Soft and tender pumpkin cookies with a heap of autumn spices, and slathered with an awesomely sweet maple frosting! Simple, but classic, these Pumpkin Cookies with Maple Frosting are 100% irresistible.
Course Cookies
Keyword cakey pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cookies with maple frosting
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 36
Author Sarah

Ingredients

For pumpkin cookies:

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 tsp. clove
  • 1/4 tsp. ginger

For maple frosting:

  • 4 tbsp. butter melted
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 tsp. maple extract or maple flavoring
  • 3 - 4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

For pumpkin cookies:

  • In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugars.
  • Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla, beating until combined.
  • In another large bowl, combine remaining ingredients (all the dry cookie ingredients).
  • Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and beat until just combined.
  • Drop on parchment paper or silicone mat-lined cookie sheets by tablespoonfuls.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned.
  • Remove cookies to a wire rack. Cool completely.

For maple frosting:

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together butter, maple syrup, vanilla, maple extract, and 3 cups powdered sugar.
  • Add additional powdered sugar, as needed, to achieve a consistency that is thicker than a glaze - it shouldn't run off the cookie - but easily spreadable. The butter may start to set the frosting as you mix, but you can pop it in the microwave for just a few seconds, 5-6 seconds, to thin it back out.
  • Frost cookies, and allow to set.