Pumpkin Sandwich Cookies

• Cookie:
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup LAND O LAKES(R) Butter, softened
• 1/2 cup mashed cooked pumpkin
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 LAND O LAKES(R) Egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Filling:
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons LAND O LAKES(R) Butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• Decoration:
• Powdered sugar

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Combine flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and salt in bowl. Set aside.
3. Combine brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Add pumpkin, milk, egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until well mixed. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed until well mixed.
4. Drop batter by level measuring tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 9-10 minutes or until set and lightly browned around edges. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely.
5. Combine all filling ingredients except powdered sugar in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth. Gradually add 4 cups powdered sugar, beating well after each addition until creamy.
6. Spread 2 teaspoons filling onto bottom-side of 1 cookie. Top with another cookie, bottom-side down. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling. Sprinkle filled cookies with powdered sugar.

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Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/247005/pumpkin-sandwich-cookies/ (may not work)