Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting (The World's Best!) Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1 cup butter

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 egg

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups confectioners' sugar

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.

Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl. Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, brown sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and egg with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl, beating until mixture is smooth. Beat in pumpkin puree. Gradually stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture. Batter will be moist.

Spoon batter by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes on sheets before removing to finish cooling on waxed paper.

Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until soft and creamy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, about 1/2 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Frost cooled cookies with cream cheese frosting.