PUMPKIN WHOOPIE COOKIES

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These Pumpkin Whoopie Cookies are both adorable AND delicious! We started with the recipe for our Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, minus the chips. Two cookies sandwiched together with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and topped with a pretzel stem and green frosting leaves make up these adorable cookies.

Here’s what you need to make these cookies:

• 1 cup shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 large can pumpkin puree
• 2 tsp nutmeg
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• ½ tsp cloves
• 5 cups flour

For the frosting:

• 1 stick salted butter, half cup, softened
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 lb powdered sugar, about 3.5 cups

Stems and Leaves:

• green food coloring
• sourdough nibblers, or other pretzels

Shall we whip some up?!

Start by creaming the shortening and sugar together. We love using our Pampered Chef Measure All Cup for our shortening. It comes out nice and clean.

Next, add the pumpkin and the eggs and mix until combined. Then add the vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices. Mix until combined.

Add the flour slowly and mix until well incorporated. Scoop onto an ungreased cookie sheet. We use our Pampered Chef Medium Scoop which is approximately 2 tbsp. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes until lightly browned and set.

FROSTING:

While those beautiful cookies cool, let’s whip up the delicious cinnamon cream cheese frosting. Add the softened butter, cream cheese, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, and powdered sugar to a bowl and whip until combined. If the frosting is too thick, add a little milk and mix again until you reach the desired consistency. Try not to overmix. You can also put it in the fridge for a few minutes to set it up a little before using it.

Time to assemble!

Take one cookie and flip it upside down and spread some of that delicious frosting on it. You can also pipe the frosting on if you would like. Top it with another cookie, right side up. Stick a pretzel in the top. We used Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzels because they are squatty and so cute, but you can use any pretzel stick you have.

With a little remaining frosting, add some green food coloring and mix. We used a leaf tip to make a couple of cute leaves on top and a bag with the tip cut off for the little curls.

These cookies are perfect to take to a Fall party. They are simple to make but impressive looking and so tasty! We hope you will try them out!

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Pumpkin Whoopie Cookies

These Pumpkin Whoopie Cookies are adorable AND delicious! Two perfect pumpkin cookies sandwiched together with cream cheese frosting and topped with a cute pretzel stem and green frosting leaves.

Print Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 2 dozen

Equipment

• Leaf piping tip

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 eggs large
• 1 can pumpkin puree large
• 2 tsp nutmeg
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• 5 cups flour

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1 stick salted butter softened, half cup
• 8 oz cream cheese softened
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 pound powdered sugar aprox. 3.5 cups
• milk as needed to thin

Instructions

 

• Cream shortening and sugar together.
• Add pumpkin and eggs and mix until combined.
• Add remaining ingredients, except flour, and mix.
• Slowly add the flour and mix well.
• Scoop onto ungreased cookie sheet, approximately 2 Tbsp. each.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned and set.
• Allow the cookies to cool.

Frosting

• Beat together all frosting ingredients until smooth.
• Add a splash of milk and mix again if too thick.
• Reserve enough frosting to tint green later for the leaves.

Cookie Assembly

• Place a cookie upside down and add frosting to it.
• Top with another cookie and pretzel stick.
• Tint remaining frosting with green food coloring and pipes leaves by cookie stems.
• Store in an air-tight container.

Notes

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