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Chewy Pumpkin Cookies

Rich and delish
These chewy pumpkin cookies are crispy on the edges, chewy and soft in the middle, and it is spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
5 from 10 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
chill time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 27 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 17 cookies
Calories 262 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 230 g Butter softened
  • ½ cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 cup Dark brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
  • cup Pumpkin puree
  • 2 Egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon Ginger
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 2 ⅔ cups Flour AP
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda

Cinnamon sugar (for rolling)

  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoon Brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoon Granulated sugar

Instructions
 

  • Into a big mixing bowl, add the room temperature butter, sugar, brown sugar, and cream it with an electric hand mixer for 2-3 minutes or until it’s creamy and light in color.
  • Add the egg yolks, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, kosher salt, nutmeg, ginger, vanilla extract, and mix well.
  • Add the flour, baking soda, and mix until just combined. Do not overmix this cookie dough to prevent from these cookies from turning cakey.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rest in the fridge for at least an hour. We let the dough rest in the fridge overnight.
  • Into a small mixing bowl, add the cinnamon, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Mix with a spoon until well combined.
  • Use a cookie scooper to scoop out the cookies or scoop the cookies with a tbsp, 1 ½ tablespoon at a time. Roll the cookie dough balls into balls using your clean hands.
  • Roll each cookie in the cinnamon sugar mixture, and place the cookie dough balls onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, and bake in a 180c (350f) preheated oven for 12-14 minutes.
  • Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

  • Use room temperature ingredients. It is important that you use room-temperature ingredients like eggs and butter. This step ensures that your mixture mixes into a homogenous mixture and bakes perfectly.
  • Don’t overmix the batter, you don’t want to develop the gluten in the flour. This step ensures you have moist cookies and not dense and dry cookies.
  • Make sure that your butter is at room temperature. An hour or two before making these cookies, take the butter out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature. The butter should be soft to the touch. If your butter is too cold, it will be harder to mix and there will be lumps of butter in the dough.
  • Measure your flour correctly! When measuring your flour, avoid scooping it with a measuring cup. Instead, stir the flour with a spoon to create as many air pockets as possible, and spoon it into your measuring cup. Finally, level it with a back of a knife.
  • Line your sheet pan with parchment paper or a silicone mat! This step helps the cookies to bake evenly, and it makes sure that your cookies release easily from the pan.
  • Use a cookies scoop to scoop out the cookies, that way you will have even-sized cookies, plus it ensures that your cookies bake evenly.
  • Before making this recipe, measure and prepare your ingredients so the cooking process will go smoothly and easily.
  • Be patient! I know it’s incredibly tempting to eat these cookies as they are pulled out of the oven, but let these cookies cool for at least 15 minutes so they will be more firm and won’t crumble up.
  • Let these cookies cool for 5 minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool for at least 10 more minutes. This step ensures that the bottom of your cookies will not be soggy from the steam.

Nutrition

Calories: 262kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 3gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 226mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 1117IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg
Keyword chewy pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cookies
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