
Good Morning Pumpkin!
Waking up at 3:00 am and quietly sneaking downstairs to snatch up one of these delicious pumpkin breakfast treats was just what I needed to get me through til morning. I am not usually a middle of the night snacker, but last night the flavors of pumpkin and cinnamon and cream cheese were calling my name!
Ingredients:
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose white flour + 1 tablespoon set aside
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground clove
- ½teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup granulated white sugar
- ¾ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Center Ingredients:
- 8oz package of softened cream cheese
- ¾ cup confectioners sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:

- preheat oven to 350℉
- in a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, baking power, and spices

- in a medium sized mixing bowl combine egg, sugar, vanilla, pumpkin and butter , beat with an electric mixer until it is creamy

- pour pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture and combine well using a spoon


- drop spoonfuls of batter about 1 ½ tablespoons for each onto a prepared cookie sheet, use parchment or grease the pan with butter or margarine

- using your thumb dusted with flour, make a thumbprint in the center of the cookie

- blend together cream cheese, confectioners sugar and vanilla until it is smooth

- bake for 15 minutes
