Description
Experience the ultimate autumn treat with these soft, cake-like cookies featuring a dense, spiced pumpkin base and a buttery, cinnamon-infused crumb topping. Finished with a decadent maple glaze, these portable sweets offer the comforting flavors of a warm coffee cake in every bite. Perfect for cool-weather gatherings, these cookies rely on blotted pumpkin and a deliberate chilling process to ensure a structured, moist texture that stays perfectly tender.
Ingredients
1 cup canned pumpkin puree (blotted to 1/2 cup)
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (divided)
3 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (divided)
16 tbsp unsalted butter (melted for dough, softened for topping)
1 cup light or dark brown sugar (divided)
2 tbsp pure maple syrup (for dough)
1/3 cup pure maple syrup (for glaze)
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Blot the pumpkin puree with paper towels until it reduces to 1/2 cup of dense puree.
Whisk 2 cups of flour, baking soda, 2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a medium bowl.
Mix 8 tbsp melted butter, 2/3 cup brown sugar, and 2 tbsp maple syrup in a large bowl.
Incorporate the egg yolk, vanilla extract, and blotted pumpkin into the butter mixture until smooth.
Slowly fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients to form a soft dough.
Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours to firm up.
In a separate bowl, whisk 3/4 cup flour, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice for the topping.
Cut in 8 tbsp softened butter until the mixture resembles coarse sand.
Scoop dough into balls, arrange on parchment-lined baking sheets, and press crumb topping into the tops.
Bake at 350F for 15 minutes.
Whisk 1/3 cup maple syrup with remaining sugar to create the glaze and drizzle over cooled cookies.
Notes
Ensure you pat the pumpkin dry thoroughly to prevent the cookies from turning gummy. Chilling the dough is mandatory to prevent excessive spreading during baking. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 160
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 145mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg