EASY CAKE MIX PUMPKIN COOKIES

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Take a shortcut to fall with easy cake mix pumpkin cookies! Just grab a box of classic Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow cake mix, add pumpkin puree and cream cheese, and you have the main ingredients for a quick dessert. Cake mix pumpkin cookies are soft, chewy, and a perfect treat for welcoming the fall season. Top these cookies with your own delicious homemade cream cheese frosting (or just pick up some from the store) and finish them with a little extra pumpkin pie spice.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 1h35m

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 egg
1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow cake mix
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
6 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F.
In large bowl, beat 8 oz cream cheese, 1/2 cup softened butter and pumpkin with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until well blended; scrape side of bowl. Beat in egg until smooth. On low speed, beat in cake mix and 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice until blended. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
In medium bowl, beat Frosting ingredients with spoon until smooth. Spread about 2 teaspoons frosting on each cookie. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice on tops of frosted cookies. Store covered in refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 140, Carbohydrate 15 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 150 mg, Sugar 10 g, TransFat 0 g