pumpkin-cookies-with-cream-cheese-fro.json

{
    "directions": [
        "Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.",
        "Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl. Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, brown sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and egg with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl, beating until mixture is smooth. Beat in pumpkin puree. Gradually stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture. Batter will be moist.",
        "Spoon batter by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.",
        "Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes on sheets before removing to finish cooling on waxed paper.",
        "Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until soft and creamy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, about 1/2 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Frost cooled cookies with cream cheese frosting."
    ],
    "ingredients": [
        "2 cups all-purpose flour",
        "1 teaspoon baking powder",
        "1 teaspoon ground cinnamon",
        "1/2 teaspoon baking soda",
        "1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg",
        "1/2 teaspoon ground ginger",
        "1 cup butter",
        "3/4 cup white sugar",
        "3/4 cup brown sugar",
        "2 teaspoons vanilla extract",
        "1 egg",
        "1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree",
        "1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened",
        "1/4 cup butter, softened",
        "1 teaspoon vanilla extract",
        "2 cups confectioners' sugar"
    ],
    "language": "en-US",
    "source": "allrecipes.com",
    "tags": [],
    "title": "Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting (The World's Best!)",
    "url": "http://allrecipes.com/recipe/229108/pumpkin-cookies-with-cream-cheese-fro/"
}