Hey, friend. Welcome to October, AKA the month where we put pumpkin into everything: pumpkin pasta, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin lattes, and today, cookies. Might I interest you in some Small-batch Pumpkin Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting? (If your answer is no, we might not be able to keep being friends.)
These cookies are a pumpkiny fall dream: chewy, spicy, soft, and smothered with tangy cream cheese frosting. The recipe will make just eight cookies, and like most of my small-batch cookie recipes, it’s quick, easy, and super simple to throw together. See also: Small-batch Chocolate Chip Cookies The cookies are made with melted butter, so there’s no butter to soften (for the cookies–we’ll talk about the frosting in a sec), and the dough doesn’t need to be chilled. So you can decide to make some pumpkin cookies and have them baked and cooling on your counter in about 20 minutes.
Once the cookies are mostly cooled, it’s time to frost them. I used my favorite Cream Cheese Frosting, and folks, it’s really excellent cream cheese frosting. Silky smooth, creamy, and just the right balance of tangy and sweet, you will probably want to eat it with a spoon, which I totally recommend–just try and leave some for the cookies too. 😉
Small-batch Pumpkin Cookies Recipe Notes
If you don’t like cream cheese frosting, you can also use my small-batch Vanilla Frosting. While the cookies are made with melted butter, the cream cheese frosting uses softened cream cheese and softened butter. Take out the butter and cream cheese for the frosting when you take you the rest of your cookie ingredients and let them sit on the counter while you make your cookies. They should both be softened by the time the cookies are made, baked, and cooled. Though if your kitchen is cold, you may need to cut them into smaller pieces so they soften more quickly. For more small-batch cookies, try these Small-batch Chocolate Chip Cookies, Frosted Sugar Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookies, and Shortbread Cookies.
This recipe won’t use up an entire can of pumpkin puree. For ideas on what to do with the leftovers, check out What to Do With Leftover Pumpkin Puree. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission if you make a purchase using them. There is absolutely no additional cost to you.
