Delicious Soft Pumpkin Cookies

When pumpkins come into season, we all know it’s fall. These delicious soft pumpkin cookies are some of the first treats I make for the season. Everyone loves them. The soft, crumbly texture is perfect to be enjoyed with a hot cup of coffee, chai, latte, etc.

The Ingredients for Pumpkin Cookies

A bunch of spices and a delicious squash added to the usual cookie dough and we have the best cookies in the world.

Ingredients List for this Fall Recipe:

• 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon clove powder
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

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The Pumpkin for this Pumpkin Cookies

I like to make my own puree using fresh sugar (pie) pumpkins. You can use store bought puree if you prefer. If you do, make sure to buy the “Pure ” puree and not the one with spices and sugar added to it. We are going to add sugar and spices, so you want to avoid buying the already spiced one.

To make your own puree at home:

• cut a sugar pumpkin in half, remove the seeds and pith and place it cut-side down on a parchment lined baking tray.
• Bake it for about 1 hour at 350 degrees F.
• Remove from the oven and let it cool down completely.
• Once it’s cooled all the way, use a spoon to scrape out the pulp and discard the peel into the compost.

The Cookie Mix

Now we are ready to make our cookies.

• In a large mixing bowl, beat 1 cup of softened butter, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, and 1/2 cup of granulated sugar till they are smooth – for about 4-5 mins. 
• Add 1 egg and continue to beat for another 1 min until the egg is well mixed into the butter.
• Add 1 cup of pumpkin puree you made to the bowl and mix it in well, so that it is evenly distributed.

• In a separate bowl, mix 2 and 1/2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of allspice, 1/2 teaspoon of cloves, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon of ginger, 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper (if using), and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
• Add this to the wet ingredients and mix everything well to make a dough. The dough will be quite soft, but that’s what we want and that’s what will make the cookies soft and delicious.

Now that our dough is ready, we need to cool the butter down again.

• Put the pumpkin cookie dough into the fridge to cool down.
• Using a spatula, place the dough onto some cling wrap foil.
• Wrap the dough and place it into the fridge for up to 1 hour.
• I divide the dough into two and make logs so that they are easy to cut once they come out of the fridge.

Baking the Pumpkin Cookies

Let’s get baking.

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove the dough from the fridge and cut the dough into 2 inch pieces. The dough will still be soft, so the cookies might not be even.
• Place them gently onto parchment lined cookie trays.
• The cookies will expand a slight bit, so make sure to keep them separated a little to allow them to expand.

• Bake the cookies for about 25 minutes. The cookies will be quite soft when they come out of the oven.
• Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool down on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes before gently transferring them onto a cookie rack to cool completely.
• I use a spatula so as not to break them while transferring them.

Enjoy your delicious pumpkin cookies with a warm cup of coffee, my chai, or a delicious latte. Store them in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

NOTE: I like to add a little bit of simple icing to them. Mix together 1 cup of icing sugar, and a pinch of salt with 2 tablespoons of milk or orange juice to form icing. Pour that onto the cookies after they are completely cooled.

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