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Two pumpkin pie cookies with whipped cream on a plaid cloth.

Pumpkin Pie Cookies

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes
Cooling Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 29 minutes
Servings: 9 Cookies
Calories: 612kcal
Skip the pie crust and bake up all the cozy fall flavor in these soft pumpkin pie cookies with creamy filling and a swirl of whipped topping.
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Ingredients

Cookies:

  • ½ cup unsalted butter softened
  • cup oil
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Filling:

  • 3 oz cream cheese softened
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • Orange food coloring
  • 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  • In a stand mixer, cream together butter, oil, sugar, and powdered sugar until smooth
    Butter, sugar, and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl.
  • Mix in egg and vanilla until combined
    Creamed butter mixture with an egg and vanilla added.
  • Add flour, salt, and baking powder, then switch to the paddle attachment and mix until dough pulls away from the bowl
    Flour added to the creamed mixture in the bowl.
  • Divide dough into 9 balls, flatten each into a disc, and place on the prepared sheet
    Flattened cookie dough rounds on parchment paper.
  • Press a ¼ cup measuring cup into the center of each disc to form an impression, reshape edges if needed, then remove the cup
    Cookie dough rounds shaped with indentations in the center.
  • Bake for 9 minutes until edges just begin to turn golden, then cool completely before filling

Filling:

  • Beat cream cheese and brown sugar in a stand mixer until smooth and light
  • Add pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and food coloring, then mix well and set aside
    Pumpkin puree, spices, and vanilla added to the bowl.
  • In a clean mixing bowl, whip heavy cream, granulated sugar, and vanilla until stiff peaks form, about 2 to 3 minutes
    Cream and sugar mixture in a mixing bowl.
  • Transfer about ½ cup of whipped cream to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip
    Pumpkin mixture with cream cheese added for filling.
  • Fold the remaining whipped cream into the pumpkin mixture until fully combined and lighter in color
  • Transfer the pumpkin mixture to another piping bag without a tip or fitted with a large round tip
  • Pipe a mound of pumpkin mixture into each cookie cavity and gently tap to settle
    Cookies filled with pumpkin pie filling cooling on a rack.
  • Before serving top each cookie with a small dollop of whipped cream in the center
    Side view of pumpkin pie cookies with whipped cream on a rack.

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Notes

Store cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 612kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 230mg | Potassium: 145mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 3171IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 2mg