Pumpkin Pie Cookies with Cream Cheese JING Frosting

 

Hi all! 

I am really excited about fall. I am breaking out my boots and my overalls. Another thing I’m excited about is all things pumpkin and HALLOWEEN!

Today I have a pumpkin cookie recipe for you with a cream cheese frosting.

This one is certainly an indulgence I bust out once a year!  Great treats for the neighbourhood's kids, if you can resist the temptation to eat them all yourself...

Ingredients

Cookie Batter

• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 ½ cup flour
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup sugar
• Avocado oil spray (or substitute of your choice) for the baking tray

Frosting

• 1 package cream cheese
• ½ stick of butter
• 2 ⅓ tablespoons maple syrup
• ½ teaspoon JING Blend

Instructions for Frosting

1. Place frosting ingredients in a mixing bowl
2. Mix until smooth with an electric mixer or food processor

Instructions for Cookies

1. Preheat oven on to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Place all cookie ingredients in large bowl
3. Using a spook (ooops, spoon), electric mixer or food processor, combine your ingredient until smooth
4. Prepare cookie sheet with with avocado oil spray
5. Scoop batter onto the prepared cookie sheet (an ice cream scoop is great for this)
6. Flatten cookies with spoon or fork. 
7. Bake in oven for 15 minutes.
8. Rest cookies until they are cool to the touch (on a rack if you have one)
9. Ice your cookies
10. Devour them like the limbs of small chil... ooops, wrong blog...

Happy baking and Happy Halloween!