Cookies & BarsNo. 2973 · The 2026 edition
Pumpkin Cookies with Pumpkin Spice Frosting
Get ready for a spooky-sweet treat! These pumpkin cookies are soft, spiced, and topped with a dreamy buttercream that will make your Halloween table shine.
Our own summary of the original by Two Sisters Crafting — the full post and photos live at twosisterscrafting.com.
This recipe guides you through making soft pumpkin cookies with a rich pumpkin spice buttercream frosting. You will cream butter and sugars, blend in eggs, vanilla, and pumpkin puree, then mix in dry ingredients like flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. After shaping and baking the dough at 375 degrees for 13-15 minutes, you will cool the cookies and finish them with the frosting.
Ingredients
Directions
- Using a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter together with both the granulated and packed brown sugars until the mixture becomes pale and airy.
- Crack the two large eggs into the bowl, add the vanilla extract, and blend everything together until smooth.
- Stir the entire 15-ounce can of pureed pumpkin into the wet ingredients until fully blended.
- Add the cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to the bowl, mixing thoroughly to distribute the dry ingredients evenly.
- Pour in the three and a half cups of all-purpose flour and stir until no dry streaks remain and the dough is uniform.
- Scoop portions of the dough onto a baking sheet, gently flattening each mound slightly since the cookies will spread significantly during baking.
- Place the tray in an oven preheated to 375 degrees and bake for 13 to 15 minutes, watching for the edges to turn a golden brown color.
- Remove the tray from the heat and let the cookies rest until they are completely cool to the touch.
- Spread a generous layer of the prepared pumpkin spice buttercream frosting over each cooled cookie.
More photos
Photos hosted by twosisterscrafting.com.
