Pumpkin Pizza Cookie

Well, hello my friends! So nice to see you here and discussing my first “Fall” recipe of the year. May I introduce you to her??? It’s a Pumpkin Pizza Cookie and you guys, I’m in love with her cuteness.

Isn’t she adorable?

Truth be told, I’ve been planning & thinking about her (the pumpkin pizza cookie) debut for awhile now. I’ll be the first one to admit, I’m no expert when it comes to cookie decorating or even using cookie cutters. But this – you guys is 100% error proof! I promise.

First, you’ll start out with your cookie dough & bake it in a pizza pan. (Make sure your grease your pan!)

Oh, did I mention that this cookie dough is store bought???

It is!

I also need to mention that my pizza pan came from the dollar tree. Yep, a total of $1!

See, I told ya – it’s going to be so easy & affordable to make this pumpkin cookie pizza – I promise!

Next time you’re at the grocery store – grab both of these cookie mixes. I always stock up when they’re on sale. The Oatmeal Chocolate Chip happens to be my kids’ favorite, but you can use the regular Chocolate Chip cookie mix.

The only thing out of the ordinary that you may not have in your pantry – is leaf cookie cutters. You can find both the smaller ones & the bigger one on Amazon. Here’s my affiliate links for the smaller leaf cutters and here’s the bigger leaf cookie cutters.

Truth be told, I bought mine YEARS ago! Like 20 years – at least, but these are very similar if not identical to the ones I used. Obviously your local craft store like Michaels or Hobby Lobby would have some as well.

I kinda feel like I cheated a little and didn’t create a recipe for this Pumpkin Pizza Cookie. I honestly, thought I would have to do so. But when I realized that 1 bag of the cookie mix would fill my pizza pan perfectly, I said – forget it! Let’s make this easy for everyone! 😉

Because easy is good, right? Just make sure you grease your pan really well, if you don’t have a non-stick pizza pan.

I followed the back of the instructions for both cookie mixes.
The only thing I did differently for the sugar cookie mix – is I added more flour (1/4 cup). Just to make the dough a little stiffer while using the cookie cutters.
I also added about 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice while mixing it up. This is totally a preference, but I thought it gave my dough a little texture.
The baking time took a little longer than baking individual cookies. I believe my pizza cookie took around 20 minutes. But start watching yours around 18 minutes or so. Ovens vary.

For the frosting – I went with a traditional butter cream recipe, but you can also make a cream cheese frosting if you prefer. There’s no wrong ways with this. Use your favorite cookie mix and favorite frosting recipe. It’s no big deal!

Pumpkin Pizza Cookie

Ingredients

1 stick of melted butter
1 box of powered sugar
drops of yellow food coloring
drops of red food coloring

Instructions

Mix your butter and powered sugar together in your mixer.
Gradually add your drops of food coloring to you get the shade of orange you like.
Spread on top of your cookie.

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I piped out a circle with a ziplock back & filled in the “stem” of the pumpkin pizza cookie.

Then, I had the best time placing the leaves. I must say, it was SO FUN to decorate and it totally gave me life & smiles & made me so ready for Fall to arrive.

My kids said, it was delicious but I think the best part of this pumpkin cookie pizza is her looks. 😉 It’s just so cute. I promise you can’t go wrong. You’ll be so surprised just how easy it is to make & create.