Best 7 Pumpkin Cookies With Brown Butter Frosting Recipes

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Indulge in the delightful symphony of flavors with our Pumpkin Cookies adorned with Brown Butter Frosting. These cookies are a captivating fusion of autumnal spices and creamy frosting, promising an unforgettable treat. The moist and tender pumpkin cookies, infused with the warmth of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, will transport you to a cozy fall afternoon. The rich and luscious brown butter frosting, with its nutty undertones, adds a decadent touch, elevating these cookies to a new level of indulgence. Prepare to be captivated by the harmonious blend of flavors and textures in this culinary masterpiece.

In addition to the classic Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting, this article offers a tantalizing array of pumpkin-inspired recipes to satisfy every craving. Embark on a culinary journey with Pumpkin Snickerdoodles, combining the classic flavors of pumpkin and snickerdoodles into one irresistible treat. For a delightful twist, try Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, where the pumpkin and chocolate chips join forces to create a symphony of flavors. If you're looking for a healthier alternative, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies offer a wholesome twist, packed with oats and pumpkin puree. And for those who love a touch of elegance, Pumpkin Madeleines, delicate French sponge cakes infused with pumpkin, will surely impress.

With each recipe meticulously crafted to highlight the versatility and charm of pumpkin, this article is your ultimate guide to pumpkin-licious baking. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your culinary adventures, these recipes promise to delight your taste buds and create memories that will last a lifetime.

Let's cook with our recipes!

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING



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The recipe for these pleasantly spiced pumpkin cookies won a champion ribbon at our local county fair. These are a family favorite, and everyone enjoys the soft cakelike texture. -Robin Nagel, Whitehall, Montana

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 35m

Yield about 9 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 15

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup crystallized ginger, finely chopped
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
2/3 cup butter, cubed
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 to 5 tablespoons 2% milk

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 93 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 14mg cholesterol, Sodium 64mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (9g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWN BUTTER ICING



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These soft cookies are like mini pumpkin cakes-and you're guaranteed to get a bit of sweet, brown-butter-flecked icing in every bite. A combination of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger flavor the moist pumpkin batter.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Yield Makes about 6 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin (14 ounces)
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon evaporated milk, plus more if needed
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Fit a pastry bag with a large coupler and a 1/2-inch plain round (such as Ateco #806); set aside.
  • Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a medium bowl; set aside. Cream 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter and the brown sugar on medium speed in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs. Reduce speed to low. Add pumpkin, 3/4 evaporated milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla; mix until well blended, about 2 minutes. Add flour mixture; mix until combined.
  • Transfer 1 1/2 cups batter to a pastry bag. Pipe 1 1/2-inch rounds onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until tops spring back, about 12 minutes. Cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely.
  • Put confectioners' sugar in a large bowl; set aside. Melt remaining 10 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling pan occasionally, until golden brown, about 3 minutes.
  • Immediately add butter to confectioners' sugar, scraping any browned bits from sides and bottom of pan. Add remaining 5 tablespoons evaporated milk and remaining 2 teaspoons vanilla; stir until smooth. Spread about 1 teaspoon icing onto each cookie. If icing stiffens, stir in more evaporated milk, a little at a time.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING



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Get fall into full swing with sweet flavor, warm spices, and moist texture! Then, add your magic touch with a scene-stealing slightly burnt brown butter icing that adds just the right amount of richness and sweetness to take these cookies over the top, right where you like it. And while we don't like to play favorites, we'd be lying if we didn't mention these pumpkin cookies with brown butter frosting are on our list of unbeatable recipes. Take our word for it, try them for yourself, and create a bite of amazing 100% from scratch. It all comes together in just over an hour! So what are you waiting for?

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h55m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 14

2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup (from 15-oz can) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 to 4 tablespoons milk
1/3 cup butter (do not use margarine or spread; it will burn)

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 190, Carbohydrate 29 g, Cholesterol 30 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 4 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 135 mg, Sugar 21 g, TransFat 0 g

PUMPKIN BARS WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING



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It wouldn't be fall without pumpkin bars, and I think everyone has a favorite version. I based this recipe on one of my grandmother's, so sweet memories are baked into every batch. -Mary Wilhelm, Sparta, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 50m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 16

1-1/2 cups sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup canola oil
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons grated orange zest
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
2/3 cup butter, cubed
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 to 6 tablespoons 2% milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. In a large bowl, beat the first 6 ingredients until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, pie spice, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., 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 consistency. Spread over bars; let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 265 calories, Fat 10g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 29mg cholesterol, Sodium 166mg sodium, Carbohydrate 42g carbohydrate (33g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING



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this is from a Martha Stewart magazine..cookie of the month..and oh what a month that was..these cookies are so soft and almost melt in your mouth...

Provided by grandma2969

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 27m

Yield 6 DOZEN

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
1 3/8 cups butter, softened
2 1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
1 cup evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups solid pack pumpkin

Steps:

  • preheat oven to 375* -- line sheets with parchment paper -- use small scoop.
  • whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices in medium bowl.set aside.
  • cream 12 tbls butter and brown sugar on medium speed with paddle attachment of mixer -- about 3 minutes.
  • mix in eggs, on low speed -- add pumpkin and 3/4 cup evaporated milk, 1 tsp vanilla, mix 2 minutes.add flour mixture till well combined.
  • place cookies 1" apart .
  • bake till tops are springy.about 12 minutes.
  • let cool on sheet about 5 minutes.
  • transfer to rack to cool.
  • put powdered sugar in large bowl, melt remaining 10 tbls butter in small saucepan over medium heat, cook till golden brown about 3 minutes.be careful not to burn --
  • pour butter over powdered sugar and remaining 5 tbls evaporated milk.
  • stir till smooth --
  • spread 1 tsp on each cookie.
  • store in tight container -- for up to 3 days.
  • THESE COOKIES ARE AWESOME.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1303, Fat 47.8, SaturatedFat 29.4, Cholesterol 194.5, Sodium 1157.2, Carbohydrate 211.3, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 158.8, Protein 11.7

PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH PENUCHE FROSTING



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A soft cookie with a candy frosting.

Provided by Suzanne Stull

Categories     Fruits and Vegetables     Vegetables     Squash

Time 45m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 cup shortening
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
3 tablespoons butter
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup milk
2 cups confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
  • In a large bowl, cream together shortening, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and white sugar. Mix in pumpkin, egg, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; mix into the creamed mixture. Stir in walnuts. Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks.
  • In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the 3 tablespoons butter and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute, or until slightly thickened. Cool slightly, then stir in the milk, and beat until smooth. Gradually stir in 2 cups confectioners' sugar until frosting has reached desired consistency. Spread on cooled cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 128.2 calories, Carbohydrate 16.4 g, Cholesterol 5.9 mg, Fat 6.8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.2 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 81.5 mg, Sugar 11.8 g

PUMPKIN WALNUT COOKIES WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING



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Make and share this Pumpkin Walnut Cookies With Brown Butter Frosting recipe from Food.com.

Provided by ratherbeswimmin

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h28m

Yield 4 dozen, 48 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 17

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
walnut halves

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°; to make the cookies-in a bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt, allspice, cinnamon, and ginger; set aside.
  • In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar until evenly combined.
  • Add in the eggs, pumpkin, and vanilla; beat well.
  • Add the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly; stir in the walnuts.
  • Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving several inches between for expansion.
  • *The batter will seem extremely soft compared with most cookie doughs, but it will firm up during baking.
  • Bake for 12 minutes; cool the cookies on the sheets for 10-12 minutes, then removed to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • To make the frosting: add sugar, milk, and vanilla to a bowl; set aside.
  • In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, cook the butter until lightly browned, about 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently.
  • Remove from the heat, add to the other ingredients and beat until smooth and creamy; cover until ready to use.
  • When the cookies are completely cool, spread a generous amount of frosting on each cookie, and top with a walnut half.
  • Let icing set before stacking the cookies or they will stick together.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 106.4, Fat 3.6, SaturatedFat 1.3, Cholesterol 13.4, Sodium 90, Carbohydrate 17.6, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 11.8, Protein 1.4

Tips:

  • To ensure even cooking, make sure all of the pumpkin cookies are the same size and thickness.
  • If you don't have brown butter on hand, you can make your own by melting unsalted butter in a saucepan over medium heat and cooking it until it turns a light golden brown color.
  • If you don't have a stand mixer, you can cream the butter and sugar together with a hand mixer or even a wooden spoon.
  • If the dough is too sticky to handle, chill it for 30 minutes before shaping it. You can also sprinkle a little flour on your hands to help prevent sticking.
  • Bake the cookies until the edges are just beginning to brown. This will help to ensure that the cookies are soft and chewy.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before frosting them. This will help to prevent the frosting from melting.

Conclusion:

These pumpkin cookies with brown butter frosting are the perfect fall treat. They're soft, chewy, and full of pumpkin flavor. The brown butter frosting adds a rich, nutty flavor that takes these cookies to the next level. Whether you're serving them at a holiday party or just enjoying them as a snack, these cookies are sure to be a hit.

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