Pumpkin Cookies

Pumpkin Whoopie Pie Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

OK, so they're not the healthiest things you could eat, but they're cookies. They're not supposed to be healthy!

2/3 cup vegetable oil
15 oz. can pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
2 eggs
1½ cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cans cream cheese frosting, or make your own

Recipe

I make these cookies as a sandwich because it is easier to stack and wrap them for storing or travel. Alternatively, you can use the cookies individually and frost them on top for a prettier presentation and smaller portions.

Preheat oven to 375°.
Combine oil, pumpkin, eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.
Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix just until completely blended.
Place rounded tablespoons on a cookie sheet about 1-2 inches apart.
Bake at 375° for about 10 minutes until beginning to brown slightly.
Transfer cookies to a rack and allow them to cool completely.
Cover flat side of one cookie with frosting and top with another cookie.

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