Jack-o'-lantern Cookies

Ingredients

• 1.5 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 1.5 teaspoons baking soda 
• 15 oz pumpkin puree pure canned
• 4.5 cups powdered sugar 
• 6 ounces cream cheese 
• 2  eggs 
• 0.5 cup evaporated milk 
• 3.5 cups flour 
• 2.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 1.3 teaspoons ground ginger 
• 0.8 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 1 tube chocolate icing black
• 1 tube chocolate icing green
• 2.3 cups brown sugar light packed ()
• 24 large marshmallows halved
• 48 servings orange food coloring 
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 
• 4 tablespoons butter unsalted
• 6 oz butter unsalted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• hand mixer
• ziploc bags

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
2. Whisk together first 7 ingredients. In a separate bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until pale; beat in eggs.
3. Mix in pumpkin, evaporated milk and vanilla, followed by flour mixture gradually.
4. Put some dough in a large plastic bag; snip a corner. Pipe 2 1/2-inch rounds about 1/2-inch thick onto sheets. Continue with rest of dough.
5. Bake, rotating halfway through, until tops spring back when touched, about 12 minutes. Top each with a half marshmallow; bake for 1 1/2 minutes.
6. Transfer, on parchment, to racks; cool.
7. Make icing: Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
8. Add confectioners' sugar a little at a time until icing is thick but spreadable.
9. Add food coloring.
10. Gently frost cookies over marshmallow.
11. Let set for 20 minutes. Pipe icing faces and stems onto each cookie.