Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Frosting
delicious and creamy pumpkin spice flavored cream cheese frosting
Ingredients
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 4 oz butter (which is 4 oz) I use salted, if using unsalted you can add a a pinch of salt for balanced flavor
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 4-6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice add more if desired, or use cinnmaon
Instructions
- In the bowl of a mixer, add butter and cream cheese and mix on medium speed until well creamed, light in color, and blended.
- Add in the powdered sugar, heavy cream, vanilla, and pumpkin pie spice and mix on medium speed until the frosting is smooth and creamy.
- Add food coloring if desired, and mix well. Add more pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon for a speckled color if there isn't enough for the look you want. Use a tablespoon of cocoa and a drop of brown coloring for a rich dark brown color.
- Place piping tips into piping bags and fill with frosting with star tips I used a 2D and 4B tip for these pumpkin cookies.
- Be sure the cookies are completely cooled before frosting, once frosted place the trays of frosted cookies into the fridge to firm up the frosting until completely cold. I avoid stacking cookies with cream cheese frosting, and when wrapping them in plastic bags, I leave a little air in the bags so the bag doesn't touch all the frosting to avoid it messing up the frosting.