Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
A light and fluffy, melt in your mouth sugar cookie that reminds you of a pumpkin spiced snickerdoodle. Super easy to make and delightfully yummy!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 3/4 sticks butter or 14 TBSPS butter
- 2 tsps vanillia extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 cup 100% pure pumpkin puree
Spiced sugar for rolling
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- With your mixer on medium, mix together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the egg yolk, then vanilla, then pumpkin until well combined.
- Slowly mix in the flour mixture until well combine, with your mixer set to low. Scrape down the paddle and the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and refrigerate the cookie dough for 20 minutes.
- In a separate bowl mix together the sugar, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice.
- Roll the dough into one inch sized balls. Roll in sugar. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet or silicon mat and press down slightly. Space the cookies about two inches apart.
- Bake for 10 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through the baking.
- Let cool on the pan for about 2-3 minutes before moving to your cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cookiesCalories: 486kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 3gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 86mgSodium: 332mgFiber: 1gSugar: 38g
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