Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies
Using canned pumpkin and your pantry baking staples you'll create one of the most delicious pumpkin recipes you've ever tasted. You can toss out those other pumpkin cookie recipes, this is the only one you'll ever need.

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Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, beat 2 cups butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Beat until combined, scraping bowl occasionally. Add eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla; beat until combined. Beat in pumpkin. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.
- Drop dough by heaping teaspoons 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until tops are set. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool.
- In a small saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter and brown sugar until melted and smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl. Stir in milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in powdered sugar until smooth. Spread frosting on cookies. If desired, sprinkle with additional cinnamon. Makes about 60 cookies.
From the Test Kitchen
Make it Giant:
Drop 1/4-cup portions of dough 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until tops are set and edges are golden. Remove; cool on a wire rack. Top cooled cookies with Brown Sugar Icing and pumpkin pie spice. Makes 26 cookies.
Nutrition Facts (Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies)
- Per serving:
- 159 kcal ,
- 8 g fat
- (5 g sat. fat ,
- 0 g polyunsaturated fat ,
- 2 g monounsaturated fat ),
- 27 mg chol. ,
- 151 mg sodium ,
- 21 g carb. ,
- 0 g fiber ,
- 14 g sugar ,
- 1 g pro.
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Reviews (25)
wolffanati6503573
162 Days Ago
I make these cookies every fall. I learned of this recipe from a bakery I used to work at. These were the most requested cookies in the fall!
cabenjamin
167 Days Ago
These cookies were delicious. I added chopped crystalized ginger for that "wow" factor and it really worked. Will definitely make again.
tweetysurf3
167 Days Ago
These are awesome cookies! They are great year round, not just for the holidays. I make them all of the time! Yum!