Description
Pumpkin spice cookies deliver autumn’s warmest embrace with cinnamon-kissed comfort. Speckled with nutmeg and clove, these delightful treats promise sweet memories of harvest moments you’ll treasure.
Ingredients
Scale
Primary Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups (270 grams) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup (170 grams) butter, room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup (80 milliliters) pumpkin puree
Sweeteners and Sugars:
- 1/2 cup (100 grams) brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
- Cinnamon sugar (for rolling cookies)
Leavening and Spices:
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Harmonize the dry ingredients by whisking flour, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin spice, and salt until thoroughly integrated. Reserve this mixture for later use.
- Utilize a stand mixer to cream butter, white sugar, and brown sugar at high speed for approximately two minutes until light and fluffy.
- Incorporate pumpkin puree, eggs, and vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Blend until smooth, pausing to scrape down the mixer’s sides to ensure complete integration.
- Gradually introduce the reserved dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredients, mixing on low speed. Stop blending precisely when the flour is combined, creating a sticky dough consistency.
- Encase the cookie dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour, allowing the ingredients to meld and the dough to firm.
- Heat the oven to 350°F and prepare baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Extract the chilled dough and form uniform balls approximately one inch in diameter. Gently roll each ball in cinnamon sugar for a delectable coating.
- Arrange the sugar-coated dough balls on prepared baking sheets, maintaining adequate spacing between cookies.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes, extending cooking time by a few additional minutes if centers appear undercooked.
- Upon removing from the oven, use a round cookie cutter to refine the cookies’ edges, creating a professional, symmetrical shape.
- Transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack, allowing them to rest for 5-10 minutes before serving. Pair with a steaming cup of coffee or chai tea for ultimate enjoyment.
Notes
- Chill the dough thoroughly to prevent spreading and enhance flavor development during baking.
- Use fresh pumpkin spice blend for maximum aromatic intensity and deeper seasonal taste.
- Customize texture by adjusting chilling time: longer chill means less spread and denser cookies.
- Swap regular flour with gluten-free blend for celiac-friendly version without compromising softness.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg