Caramel Frosted Pumpkin Cookies. 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. Cream the butter well and add the sugar, pumpkin, egg, and last the vanilla. Add the dry to the wet ingredients. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
To make frosting combine the butter, brown sugar and milk in a small sauce pan.
In a large mixing bowl, cream (or beat) together butter and sugar.
Add eggs and vanilla until combined.
You can cook Caramel Frosted Pumpkin Cookies using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Caramel Frosted Pumpkin Cookies
- It's 2 cups of sifted flour.
- You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
- It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
- It's 1 tsp of cinnamon.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 cup of shortening.
- Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
- You need 1 cup of pumpkin (canned).
- It's 1 of egg.
- You need 1 tsp of vanilla.
- Prepare 1 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts (optional - I don't like nuts so I skip this).
- Prepare 1 cup of chopped raisins (I don't think we actually ever chop them though).
The secret to soft pumpkin cookies. The extra soft texture is what makes these cookies so delicious. Here are a few ways to achieve it: Pumpkin and egg. Pumpkin can often be substituted for eggs in most desserts, so because this recipe calls for both pumpkin puree and an egg, the end result is a fluffy cake-like texture that will literally melt in your mouth.
Caramel Frosted Pumpkin Cookies step by step
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Cream shortening and sugar.
- Stir in pumpkin and egg.
- Add dry ingredients, rasins, nuts, and vanilla.
- Drop by teaspoons on lightly greased baking sheet (or silicon mat or parchment paper) and bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and frost with caramel frosting. Makes 6 dozen..
- Frosting instructions: 3 Tbsp butter 4 Tbsp milk 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 cup sifted 10x sugar 3/4 tsp vanilla Combine butter, milk, and brown sugar in sauce pan. Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Cool and stir in powdered sugar and vanilla, beating until smooth and creamy..
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. In a medium bowl, sift together the baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, salt and flour. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.