Best 6 Pumpkin Butter Cookies Recipes

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar, 3/4 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until well blended. Beat in pumpkin and eggs until well mixed. On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• In medium bowl, place powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 3 tablespoons milk. In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/3 cup butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until light brown.
• Pour browned butter over powdered sugar mixture. Beat on low speed about 1 minute or until smooth. Gradually add just enough of the remaining 1 tablespoon milk to make frosting creamy and spreadable. Generously frost cooled cookies.

BUTTER PECAN PUMPKIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all four ingredients together, roll into small balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes (depending on how small or large you make your cookies).
• Sprinkle left over chopped pecans on top of the cookies as soon as they come out (optional).
• Makes about 24 cookies

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWN BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, and baking powder. Stir to combine and set aside.
• In a mixer with paddle attachment, or large bowl add butter, sugar, mix to combine.
• Add egg, milk, pumpkin, and vanilla, mix until smooth.
• Slowly add flour mixture. Dough will be sticky.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet. Slightly flatten if you prefer, the cookie will hold its shape.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, check at 10. Remove to wire rack.
• Flor glaze:.
• In a medium bowl, add powdered sugar.
• Place butter in a small saucepan. Melt butter over medium heat until bubbly. Cook, stirring occasionally until golden brown.
• Remove from heat and pour butter into the bowl of powdered sugar. Add milk and vanilla, stir until smooth.
• When cookies are cool, dip top of cookie in glaze and return to rack to cool. If the glaze is too thick, add more milk to reach desired consistency and drizzle over cookies.

PUMPKIN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
• Cream brown sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl. Beat in oats, pumpkin butter, and egg.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon in a separate bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture, alternating with milk. Mix until well blended. Stir in pecans and raisins.
• Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and golden, about 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.

BROWN BUTTER PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook, without stirring, until butter crackles, then foams and browns, about 5 minutes. It should smell nutty, and when butter is swirled brown bits should be visible. Pour butter into a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Let cool completely.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and salt. Set aside.
• Add brown sugar and stevia to cooled butter and beat until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in pumpkin until smooth. Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
• Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto prepared baking sheets, leaving 1 inch between cookies. Bake until lightly browned and barely firm on top, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack and cool completely.
• While cookies cool, prepare frosting. In a food processor, combine cream cheese, butter, stevia, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Pulse until very smooth.
• Spread frosting over cooled cookies. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in pumpkin, eggs and crystallized ginger. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 6-8 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a small heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Heat 5-7 minutes or until golden brown, stirring constantly. Transfer to a large bowl. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired spreading consistency. Spread over cookies.