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Pumpkin Cake Cookies with Brown Butter Icing
Photo: Molly Mears

Pumpkin Cake Cookies with Brown Butter Icing

17 ingredients 1 hr + 12 min 36 openrecipes
Pumpkin Cake Cookies with Brown Butter Icing

These are the fluffiest most cake-like cookies you’ll ever have. It’s like pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread had a delicious baby. Then they gave it a brown butter hat.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

865
Calories
28g
Protein
27g
Fat
124g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pumpkin not in our table 0
Pie Filling not in our table 0
Icing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2-¾ cups FOR THE COOKIES:
  • 1 teaspoon All-purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1-¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1-¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 1-¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ¾ teaspoons Ground Ginger
  • ¾ cups Ground Nutmeg
  • 2-¼ cups Butter, Softened
  • 2 whole Packed Light Brown Sugar
  • 1-½ cup Large Eggs
  • ¾ cups Canned Solid Pack Pumpkin Puree (NOT Pie Filling)
  • 2 teaspoons Evaporated Milk
  • 10 Tablespoons Vanilla
  • 4 cups FOR THE ICING:
  • 2 teaspoons Butter
  • 6 Tablespoons Icing Sugar, Sifted

Directions

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By tastykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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