Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe

These pumpkin sugar cookies are soft and chewy and packed with pumpkin flavor. Great for lunch boxes, dessert, Halloween parties, and your Thanksgiving table, these easy-to-make cookies are the perfect fall cookie!

It is pumpkin season! I love all things pumpkin. If you love pumpkin, you will love this pumpkin spice sugar cookie recipe. An easy recipe filled with pumpkin spice and sugary goodness, this pumpkin sugar cookie is the perfect recipe to make during the autumn season. Your whole house will smell like fall!

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe

These pumpkin sugar cookies are perfect for chewy cookie fans. Each bite is a little bit of pumpkin and spice magic topped with a wonderful pumpkin glaze. Your whole family will love this delicious pumpkin sugar cookies recipe.

If you are looking for the best pumpkin sugar cookies recipe out there, look no further – these homemade pumpkin sugar cookies are the perfect cookie for you!

This is a great pumpkin sugar cookie recipe for a bake sale. Ensure the glaze is dry before packing them in a single layer for transport.

Tips and variations for making this pumpkin sugar cookies recipe:

● While the frosting is still wet, add some sprinkles, chopped pecans, or colored sugar to the top for a different taste.
● ½ cup of butter is one stick in the United States.
● Allow the butter to soften to room temperature before mixing.
● You can use organic or inorganic canned pumpkin puree. Be sure to use a can of pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling.
● How To Make Vanilla Extract
● Instead of a cookie scoop, use a melon baller or a teaspoon to scoop the dough. You want uniform sizes, so your cookies bake evenly in the oven.
● Whenever possible, bake on the center oven rack.
● Instead of the glaze, try this cream cheese frosting recipe!
● You can use the paddle attachment or the whisk attachment on your stand mixer to make these pumpkin spice sugar cookies.
● These pumpkin sugar cookies are made with simple ingredients commonly found in your local grocery store.

A fan of great pumpkin recipes? Try one of these pumpkin desserts:

● Pumpkin Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
● Pumpkin Brownies Recipe
● Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Bundt Cake Recipe

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe Ingredients

For the Pumpkin Cookies:

● 4 cups All-Purpose Flour
● ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
● ¼ teaspoon Cream of Tartar
● ½ teaspoon Salt
● 1 tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
● ½ cup of Unsalted Butter, softened
● 1 cup White Granulated Sugar
● ½ cup Brown Sugar
● 2 large Eggs
● 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
● 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

For the Pumpkin Spice Glaze

● 3 cups Powdered Sugar
● 1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
● ¼ cup of Water

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Mise en Place:

● Sifter
● 2 Cookie Sheets (baking sheet)
● Parchment Paper
● Plastic Wrap
● Large Bowl
● Medium Bowl
● Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer
● Rubber Spatula
● Cookie Scoop
● Flat Bottomed Glass
● Measuring Cup
● Measuring Spoons
● Whisk
● Cooling Rack (wire rack)

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe Directions:

1. Sift together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, and pumpkin pie spice in a large bowl. Set aside.

2. In the bowl of an electric mixer (separate bowl), combine softened butter and white and brown sugar. Beat on medium-high speed for 3 to 4 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy.

3. Add the eggs, vanilla, and pumpkin puree. Beat or another minute.

4. Add the sifted flour mixture and fold it into the pumpkin mixture until well combined.
5. Cover the pumpkin cookie dough with plastic wrap, place it in the refrigerator and chill the cookie dough for 30 minutes.
6. While the dough is being chilled, preheat the oven to 350°F and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.

7. Using a small cookie scoop, form 1-inch balls from the pumpkin cookie dough, and place them on the prepared cookie sheet.

8. Dip the bottom of a glass in granulated sugar and flatten the cookie dough balls to a ½” thick disk.

9. Bake in the preheated 350°F oven for 10 minutes.
10. Let the cookie cool completely on a wire rack before adding the glaze.

11. Whisk together powdered sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and water into a thick glaze.

12. Add about a heaped teaspoon of glaze to the cookies and gently spread it. Let it drip down the sides.

13. Let the glaze harden for at least 2 to 3 hours before serving.

14. Store the leftover pumpkin sugar cookies in an airtight container.

Yield: 36

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe. These pumpkin sugar cookies are soft and chewy and packed with pumpkin flavor. Great for lunch boxes, dessert, Halloween parties, and your Thanksgiving table, these easy-to-make cookies are the perfect fall cookie!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 3 hours

Total Time 3 hours 25 minutes

Ingredients

For the Pumpkin Cookies:

• 4 cups All-Purpose Flour
• ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
• ¼ teaspoon Cream of Tartar
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 1 tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
• ½ cup of Unsalted Butter, softened
• 1 cup White Granulated Sugar
• ½ cup Brown Sugar
• 2 large Eggs
• 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

For the Pumpkin Spice Glaze

• 3 cups Powdered Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
• ¼ cup Water

Instructions

1. Sift together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, and pumpkin pie spice in a large bowl. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer (separate bowl), combine softened butter and white and brown sugar. Beat on medium-high speed for 3 to 4 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs, vanilla, and pumpkin puree. Beat or another minute.
4. Add the sifted flour mixture and fold it into the pumpkin mixture until well combined.
5. Cover the pumpkin cookie dough with plastic wrap, place it in the refrigerator and chill the cookie dough for 30 minutes.
6. While the dough is being chilled, preheat the oven to 350°F and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
7. Using a small cookie scoop, form 1-inch balls from the pumpkin cookie dough, and place them on the prepared cookie sheet.
8. Dip the bottom of a glass in granulated sugar and flatten the cookie dough balls to a ½" thick disk.
9. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
10. Let the cookie cool completely on a wire rack before adding the glaze.
11. Whisk together powdered sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and water into a thick glaze.
12. Add about a heaped teaspoon of glaze to the cookies and gently spread it. Let it drip down the sides.
13. Let the glaze harden for at least 2 to 3 hours before serving.
14. Store the leftover pumpkin sugar cookies in an airtight container.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

36

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 152Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 44mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 1gSugar: 18gProtein: 2g

Note: for exact nutritional information, consult your dietitian. All nutritional information provided is simply a guideline.

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