Officially getting into the fall spirit means doing a whole lot of baking, and first on my list was these soft pumpkin cookies with cream cheese icing. I have been loving using our toddler tower, lighting a candle + playing some music on our kitchen speaker to set the vibes and incorporate my toddler into my baking! Sometimes I can only view baking as a chore and in this season I am trying to romanticize it more.

soft pumpkin cookies with cream cheese icing 🫶🏼🍂

RECIPE

1 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup softened butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
2 cup flour
1 tsp pumpkin spice
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

ICING RECIPE:

1 cup cream cheese
3/4 cup icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla

instructions

— preheat to 350
— whip together pumpkin, butter, sugar until fluffy
— add egg and whip more, then vanilla & whip again
— in a separate bowl combine dry ingredients
— add dry to wet, slowly mix until dough becomes sticky
— place dough in fridge for 30 minutes
— roll into golf size balls, then flatten onto tray
— bake for 11 minutes
— let cool before adding icing!!