The CHIEF November 2022

F R O S T E D C R U M B L E C A R A M E L P U M P K I N C O O K I E S K y l a B a k e r ' s

These cookies are delicious and are a must-have for that perfect taste of fall. They’re easy to make and super worth it. These cookies are a pumpkin spice copycat of crumble cookies recipe. They’re soft and chewy and topped with a cream cheese frosting and pumpkin spice dusting. Just mix together ½ cup of softened butter, either salted or unsalted, with ½ cup granulated sugar, and ⅓ cup brown sugar. Then you’ll need to mix 1 Egg yolk, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract, and ¼ cup of your favorite Pumpkin puree. Then you just add in 1⅔ cup of AP flour, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, ¾ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, ¼ teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Mix until combined and then just scoop on a baking sheet, press into about 1 inch thick and bake at 350°F for 13 mins. Let cool on a sheet for 20 mins then take off and let it fully cool on the cooling rack to frost. To make the caramel and cream cheese frosting you just cream 4 tablespoons of butter unsalted and softened with 5 oz .of cream cheese softened using a whisk or whisk attachment for 3 minutes or until smooth. Then you add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 3 tablespoon caramel, and ¾ cup powdered sugar then whip again to combine. You can add the ½ teaspoon caramel extract extract in this step if you want that extra flavor in the frosting, then whip for another 3-4 minutes or until fluffy. Finally, add the frosting to a piping bag or a ziplock with the tip cut off, frost each cookie, then dust with pumpkin pie spice. For a more detailed overview of these cookies go look up the lifestyle of a foodie pumpkin and caramel cookies and it's the first one!