Chewy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe
These Chewy Pumpkin Cookies are perfect for fall. They have warm, cozy spices and real pumpkin in the cookie dough. I topped my pumpkin spice cookies with cinnamon sugar and loaded them with white chocolate and pecans!
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
For the Cookie Dough
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
For the Topping
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk the melted butter and brown sugar until well blended. Add in egg yolk, vanilla extract, and pumpkin puree until combined.
- To the mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, kosher salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, mix just until combined. Fold in pecans and white chocolate chips.
- In a small bowl, stir together the granulated sugar with cinnamon for the topping. Set it aside.
- Using a 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough and drop it into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Coat just the top of the ball and place it on the cookie sheet, about 2-inches apart.
- Bake cookies for 11-13 minutes, until light browned around the edges. Remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
- Using just an egg yolk creates a chewier cookie. Adding the whole egg will make a fluffier more cake-like cookie.
- Storage- cookies will stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- Freeze- Either freeze cookie dough or freeze cooled, baked cookies in a ziploc freezer bag for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 58mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 529IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg