Tip-sy Tuesday: Pumpkin Spice Cookies

This was such an easy change up to a pumpkin spice cookie mix that I figured it should be a 'tip' and not an 'actual' recipe!  Simply add some chopped dried cranberries and a handful of butterscotch chips along with the ingredients called for on the package. Using my small cookie scoop I got 43 cookies (they took 9 minutes to bake fyi). The plain mix is really good, but the additions made them even better and it made me feel a little better about whipping out cookies made from a mix hahahah. 

2 ingredient Pumpkin Spice Cookies!

Mickey made these and wrote that they'd be a good post - I love that she is now remembering to share things with me and takes pictures, so I can share with you... I have the tendency to yell at people when they make good stuff and don't share it hahaha! I haven't made them yet but she said they are the number 1 selling cookie at the corn maze she works at, and apparently Kyle ate 2 which isn't a normal thing for him hahahah. So they must be good! And seriously, this seems like the easiest cookie recipe ever - and they taste great too? Winner winner...

Here's our conversation about what she did:

Mick: 1 can pumpkin. 1 can spice cake. Bake at 375. I'll let you know how long in a bit. 

me: did you use anything in them except cake and pumpkin? eggs, etc.? 

Mick: Nothing else. Bake 13 mins. if they're fat, 10 if they're the small baby ones

me:  are your cookies like little mini cakes? What's the texture?

Mick: the cookies were surprisingly moist. They're AMAZING. 

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

I have very nice neighbors that did me a favor so I decided to make them cookies as a thank you. I've been reading about Betty Crocker Pumpkin Spice cookie mix - it's a limited edition flavor that's apparently hard to find and people are raving about how delish they are...well I was in the grocery store the other day and they had a few so I bought 4 - if it's not as good as the hype then I'm stuck with 3 packages haha! I made them according to the package directions but frosted them with homemade cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon or nutmeg would work good too). I thought they were pretty good before frosting, not sure I would hunt all over trying to find the mix - but adding the frosting took them to yummy and I will definitely make them again!  I got a big thumbs up from the neighbors so it seems they were a good thank you gift :)

To make the frosting:

In a mixer beat together 8 oz softened cream cheese, 1 stick of softened unsalted butter, a pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 3 cups of powdered sugar until smooth and spreadable - if it's too soft add additional sugar to firm it up.

Note: don't add salt if you are using salted butter. To soften butter in the microwave I cut in pieces and put in microwave safe bowl, microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. You don't want to melt the butter though so watch it - the size of your microwave might change the time it takes to soften.