Pumpkin Cookies with Caramel Frosting

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The most amazing Pumpkin Cookies with Caramel Frosting that will melt in your mouth! If I could only choose one cookie to bake this fall, this would be it!

Pumpkin Cookies with Caramel Frosting

These delicious cookies are a spin-off of my (previous) all time favorite Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. Pumpkin Chocolate Chippers have not just been my favorite “Fall” cookies, they've always been my favorite ALL-TIME cookies….until I made this version with the caramel frosting. WOW.

These cookies are seriously amazing. After I snuck a taste tester I couldn't wait for Jeff to get home to try them because I knew he'd love them SOO much.

The real magic is in the caramel frosting, which may sound complicated but is SO easy to make. The frosting makes these pumpkin cookies melt in your mouth!

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SOME OF MY FAVORITE PUMPKIN RECIPES INCLUDE:

• Pumpkin Pancakes with Cinnamon Cream Syrup
• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
• Classic Pumpkin Roll
• Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

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Pumpkin Cookies with Caramel Frosting

Author: Lauren Allen

Soft and cake-like pumpkin cookies topped with a delicious caramel frosting.

Prep: 25 minutes mins

Cook: 12 minutes mins

Total: 37 minutes mins

Servings: 24 cookies

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Equipment

• Hand mixer

Ingredients  

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• ▢ 1 cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1/2 cup oil, (vegetable or canola oil)
• ▢ 1 teaspoon milk
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ 1 cup canned pumpkin
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda

Caramel Frosting

• ▢ 3 Tablespoons butter
• ▢ 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• ▢ 1/2 cup light brown sugar, , packed
• ▢ pinch of salt
• ▢ 2 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions 

• With an electric mixer, beat together sugar and oil. 
• Add egg, milk, canned pumpkin and vanilla and blend well. 
• In a separate bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix, just until incorporated. 
• Drop batter by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool before frosting.

For the frosting

• In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, cream, brown sugar and salt, and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a boil. 
• Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla and 1 cup powdered sugar. Let the frosting cool to room temperature and then stir in enough additional powdered sugar to make a good frosting consistency (you may not use the whole extra cup.) 
• Spread the frosting over the cooled cookies.

Nutrition

Calories: 196kcal, Carbohydrates: 31g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 14mg, Sodium: 112mg, Potassium: 76mg, Sugar: 22g, Vitamin A: 1680IU, Vitamin C: 0.4mg, Calcium: 27mg, Iron: 0.7mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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*I first shared this recipe August 2014. Updated October 2018.