Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies
These cookies are perfectly spiced for Fall. Tender pumpkin spice cookies with pumpkin spice cream cheese frosting are the perfect flavor combination!
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter, room temperature or add a pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice add a pinch of additional cinnamon if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- In the bowl of a mixer with a beater blade, mix butter until smooth and light in color.
- Add in the powdered sugar and mix on medium speed until blended.
- Add in the egg, and vanilla extract and mix on medium until the dough comes together, turn to medium-high speed and mix for an additional minute until tehe dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Remove the dough from the bowl, roll it into a ball, and cut it in half. Roll 1 portion of cookie dough in between wax paper or plastic wrap or a lightly floured work surface. (I try to avoid additional flour and only use some as needed or the cookies can become dry.
- Roll the cookie dough to 1/4" thick, dip the desired cookie cutter into flour then press into cookie dough until you have as many cookies cut as you can get out of the rolled dough. Use the remaining dough "scraps" to re-roll the dough and cut out more cookies. Continue until all the cookie dough is cut into shapes.
- Place the cut dough pieces onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes, until the bottoms are lighlty golden. Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet until completely cooled.