Pumpkin Sandwich Cookies

These pumpkin whoopie pies are sandwich cookies filled with a creamy cinnamon-flavored cream cheese filling.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 190 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• Powdered sugar
• 1 LAND O LAKES® Egg
• ½ cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened
• ½ cup mashed cooked pumpkin
• 2 tablespoons LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2

Combine flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and salt in bowl. Set aside.

Step 3

Combine brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Add pumpkin, milk, egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until well mixed. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed until well mixed.

Step 4

Drop batter by level measuring tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 9-10 minutes or until set and lightly browned around edges. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely.

Step 5

Combine all filling ingredients except powdered sugar in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth. Gradually add 4 cups powdered sugar, beating well after each addition until creamy.

Step 6

Spread 2 teaspoons filling onto bottom-side of 1 cookie. Top with another cookie, bottom-side down. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling. Sprinkle filled cookies with powdered sugar.