Cookies

Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Cookies

Soft and fluffy pumpkin cookies with a dusting of cinnamon-sugar on top!  These cookies are full of all the pumpkin and pumpkin spice flavors that Fall is all about.  And as with all my recipes, I promise these are easy to make.

This cookie dough does not require chilling before baking, HOWEVER….the dough is very sticky and soft.  Not like the average cookie dough.  I find it helpful to chill the dough for 1-2 hours before scooping them into balls and rolling into the cinnamon-sugar.

Cinnamon-Sugar Pumpkin Cookies

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Serves: 30 Cookies Cooking Time: 13-15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1-1/2 cups white granulated sugar
  • 1 cup pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I used Rodelle Pure Vanilla Extract)
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • TOPPING:
  • 1/3 cup white granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 375-degrees (if baking immediately). Line three cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

2

In the bowl of a stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the butter and mix on medium-high until smooth and creamy. Add the sugar and cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add the pumpkin to the mixture and mix until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.

3

Change the mixer speed to low and slowly add in the pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking soda, baking powder and flour. Mix until just combined. Remove the bowl from the mixer and use a rubber scraper to ensure all the ingredients are incorporated. Option to place cookie dough in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to chill, to make it easier to work with.

4

In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon for the topping. Use a standard sized cookie scoop to scoop cookie dough balls and then roll them in the cinnamon-sugar topping. Drop cookie dough balls onto prepared cookie sheet, leaving a few inches in between cookies to allow for spreading. Bake cookies in 375-degree oven for 13-15-minutes. Let baked cookies set on the cookie sheet for several minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

Store cookies in an air tight container at room temperature. Cookies stay soft and fresh for several days.

XOXO,

Kelly

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2 Comments

  • Reply
    Laura
    November 14, 2020 at 1:07 PM

    Yum, Kelly! These look like Snickerdoodles, which I positively can’t resist, and when there’s pumpkin? Count me in for sure! Thanks for a lovely easy recipe!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      November 24, 2020 at 12:45 PM

      Thank you Laura!!

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