Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Line you baking sheets with parchment paper.
3. Cream butter and sugar together.
4. Add egg and vanilla, mix until combined.
5. Mix you dry ingredients together
6. On low speed add 1/3 of your dry mix, then 1/3 of your buttermilk…continue adding in this order until all your dry ingredients and milk are mixed in and smooth.
7. Now add you orange food coloring. It didn’t take very much for me to achieve a pretty orange color, but add until the color you like is reached.
8. Mix on low to combine the food coloring, scraping the sides until color is even.
9. Transfer batter into a piping bag or snipped off ziplock.
10. Pipe in the shape of pumpkins (kind of a fat heart shape) about 2 inches apart.
11. Bake for approx 6 minutes until they are set.
12. Let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
13. Fill each with your cream cheese filing.

Filling

1. In a mixer, cream together your butter and cream cheese until smooth.
2. On low speed add in your vanilla and powdered sugar.
3. Turn speed up to medium until combined, scraping sides of bowl when necessary.