Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

I missed Chicago autumns. I missed the brisk air that has me reaching for scarves and a warm coffee drink in my hand (perhaps even a Pumpkin Spice Latte). I missed the changing leaves, the sight of my own breath in the air. Now that I have moved back and fall begins in exactly one week, I am still longing for that brisk air, walking with my chin tucked in one of my many scarves. You know what else happens in the fall, as if that brisk air pushes a button inside me? I crave all things pumpkin and I want to cozily bake in my apartment.

My mom makes incredible pumpkin desserts so I called her and made her recipe. I made a bunch of these cookies for friends as a gift and there were a few left over. When another friend visited, she told me point blank: my pants are too tight; I can’t eat any. She ate three. These cookies are addicting, whether Chicago is experiencing a warm September or not.

These babies are delicious and moist ungarnished but if you really want to hit a home run add some cream cheese frosting and walnuts as garnish. You won’t regret it. These cookies plus that frosting equals the perfect amount of richness, where even though your pants are too tight, you still can’t help but eat three of them–these moist, pumpkin cookies.

They are perfect as a dessert on Thanksgiving but they are also a sweet treat to give to friends as a thank you or to make just because. You won’t regret it.

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Nina B

Nina grew up speaking and eating Italian in the Chicagoland area. She moved to San Francisco for two years and, knowing she was always meant to be a writer, finally decided to share some of that writing with the world through blogging. There you will find her chronicling her adventures and misadventures (and isn't there such loveliness in mistakes and learning and growing?). If you ever go shopping with her, you will often hear her say, "We could totally make that!" Now, she is back in Chicago, with a real kitchen to cook authentic Italian food and other creations and space to do-it-herself. She finds it best to do all these things–writing, cooking, crafting, reading, adventuring–while laughing which is her favorite thing to do.

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