Easy Pumpkin Cookies

Fall in love with these Easy Pumpkin Cookies made with three simple ingredients . Fluffy cake-like, these cookies are perfectly spiced for a delicious seasonal treat!

When fall baking season kicks off, these easy pumpkin cookies are a must-have for any pumpkin spice lover. While they’re delicious on their own, the optional maple buttercream frosting takes them to the next level, adding a rich, sweet touch that perfectly complements the spiced pumpkin flavor. In my opinion, the frosting isn’t just optional—it’s essential! If you like this recipe check out my Pumpkin Snickerdoodles .

What you will need to make Easy Pumpkin Cookies:

• 15.25oz Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix
• 15oz pure pumpkin
• Pumpkin Pie Spice
• Butter
• powdered sugar
• maple flavoring
• milk
• salt
• Mixing bowl
• cookie scoop -Tap HERE for my favorite
• Baking sheets -Tap HERE for my favorite
• Parchment paper
• Small off set spatula -it makes spreading frosting easy
• Hand Mixer or stand up mixer

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Let’s Make Easy pumpkin cookies

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the cake mix and pumpkin Pie Spice

Add the whole can of canned pumpkin .

Mix until a dough forms .

Scoop out cookie dough and place on a parchment lined baking sheet about an inch apart

Bake in the preheated oven for 13-15 minutes . Let the cookies cool for about 5 minutes and transfer them to a cooling rack . The cookies are good at this point so the Maple Buttercream frosting is optional

To make the frosting beat the butter for about 2 minutes add half of the powdered sugar and maple flavoring . Beat until smooth , add the remaining powdered sugar . Thin out to the consistency you like with milk.

Add a large dallop of frosting to each cookie

If you like this recipe check out these :

• Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
• Pumpkin Bread
• Pumpkin Cupcakes
• Pumpkin Pancakes

Easy Pumpkin Cookies

Fall in love with these Easy Pumpkin Cookies made with three simple ingredients . Fluffy cake-like, these cookies are perfectly spiced for a delicious seasonal treat!

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Course Cookies

Cuisine American

Servings 18 cookies

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• 1 15.25oz Duncan Hines Spice cake mix
• 1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 15 oz canned pure pumpkin

Maple Buttercream frosting -optional

• 1/2 cup Butter
• 2 cups cups powdered sugar Sifted
• 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1-2 Tablespoons milk

Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the cake mix and pumpkin Pie Spice
  
• Add the entire can of pumpkin
  
• Mix until the dough forms , it will be sticky
  
• Scoop out cookie dough and place on a parchment lined baking sheet about an inch apart
  
• Bake in the preheated oven for 13-15 minutes . Let the cookies cool for about 5 minutes and transfer them to a cooling rack . The cookies are good at this point so the Maple Buttercream frosting is optional
  
• To make the frosting beat the butter for about 2 minutes add half of the powdered sugar and maple flavoring . Beat until smooth , add the remaining powdered sugar . Thin out to the consistency you like with milk.
  
• Add a large dallop of frosting to each cookie . If frosted these cookies are good for about 2 days , they will get soggy after that .
  

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Notes

If you use a larger cookie scoop you will get 18 cookies 

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