Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C), gather your ingredients, and prepare baking sheets with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, combine melted butter, canned pumpkin puree, granulated sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth.

In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.

Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 25 minutes.

Roll chilled dough into 1.5 to 2 tablespoon-sized balls and place on prepared baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart.

Bake for 18 minutes or until edges are lightly golden and cookies are firm yet soft.

While cookies cool, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Gradually mix in powdered sugar and vanilla extract.

Once cookies are cool, frost them with cream cheese frosting.

Dust the frosted cookies with cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice for garnish.

Enjoy your Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies with family and friends!