These Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are sweet and perfectly soft baked.. this perfect recipe will leave your mouth watering for more!
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
There are some recipes you just know you nailed. It can be that you made the perfect grilled cheese or that your marinara sauce came out exactly like you wanted or that.. oh, I don’t know … your Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are the best cookies to ever to be born in your oven and it even happened on a good hair day.
Boom Life.. BOOM!
As a huge fan of anything pumpkin, it seems odd to me that I have not made pumpkin cookies before. I have the Pumpkin Crunch Cake and the Pumpkin Cheesecake Crunch Bars but nope, no cookies. What does one do with a pumpkin cookie? Does it get frosted? Does it get stuffed with cream cheese? Does it get dredged through cinnamon and set on fire? What??
Pumpkin cookies get smacked up against Snickerdoodles, THAT’S what happens!! With the holiday season racing towards us, in just a few short days my kitchen will be overrun with Christmas cookies. One cookie that cannot be ignored is my Soft Baked Snickerdoodle. So, let’s walk through this .. soft baked? (check!) … already packed with cinnamon goodness? (check! check!) .. easy to make and only takes 9 minutes to bake? (check! check! check!)
.. off to the store I went…
Now these were made on a marathon day. Marathon day?… like you got up and laced up and ran a marathon (insert crowd cheering!!)? Um….. no. Marathon cooking day is probably a better way to describe it. I was home alone and Big Scary Mike was at work and it was just me and the puppies and a kitchen full of possibilities. I had five recipes going all at the same time and as one batch of cookies came out of the oven, another went in. It was glorious and perfect and I had trays over here and plates over there and sweet potatoes baking and pictures to style and takes……….. SCREECH!!! …. let’s just say the day in the life of a food blogger is all fun and games until it’s time to do the dishes. The fun ends THERE.
But back to the Pumpkin Snickerdoodles.. they came out perfect. They came out better than perfect, they are amazing. Mike, who does not like pumpkin and who does not like Snickerdoodles ate my entire plate full. That is not a joke, he sat down with the plate of cookies and I blinked and they were gone and I was sad. He didn’t even save me one but I guess that’s the price I pay when he’s out working hard all day and I’m home swirling cookie batter instead. Sigh….. no, that still doesn’t make that right!
Don’t be a Mike, share with your family!
Enjoy!!
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Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
- 1/2 cup butter , softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 2/3 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 6 tbl pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3 tbl sugar
- 3 tbl cinnamon
- Favorite caramel ice cream topping (optional)
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
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In a large bowl, combine butter, sugars and eggs until thoroughly mixed. Mix in the pumpkin.
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In a separate bowl, combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt.
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Slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in small increments, mixing completely until all has been incorporated.
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In yet another small bowl combine the last 3 tablespoons of sugar and cinnamon. This will be for your coating.
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Refrigerate your cookie dough for 20-30 minutes
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Roll dough into 1 inch balls and then roll through the cinnamon sugar to fully coat before placing them on a cookie sheet prepared with nonstick spray or lined with parchment paper. Flatten the cookies slightly as they will not spread much
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Bake for 9 minutes... no more, no less.
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Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to a cooling rack.
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Once completely cool, move cookies to an airtight container or zip top bag.
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When serving, drizzle the top with your favorite caramel topping or homemade caramel sauce.. this step is completely optional but highly recommended 🙂
oh my! These look awesome! I didn´t know what a snickerdoodle was until know. I guess it will find a place in my favourite cookies. YUM!
Marsha, I never knew what they were either until I met my husband and one of his nephews and his niece are crazy for them!! It took 3 Christmas’ for me to finally learn how to make them soft baked and these cookies with the pumpkin are even chewier. Another favorite for you to try!
These are beauties, all puffed up and that drizzle makes it!
Thanks Kevin! The drizzle was the hardest part, don’t you know? haha
Love this combination of classic snickerdoodle flavors with pumpkin. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to trying them!
Thanks Callie! As much as I have come to love regular snickerdoodles, I have to say that these might be my new favorite.
I LOVE pumpkin cookies, and these snickerdoodles look so scrumptious! I love the caramel!
Thanks Marsha!! Adding the caramel definitely takes these cookies up to the next level of A-MA-ZING!!
Oooh, these look wonderful! That drizzle looks amazing 🙂
Thanks Heidi!! The drizzle is what makes these impossible to put away. lol
Thank you, this is so detailed!! It sounds amazing and I will be making it this.
I’m glad you like it .. let me know how it goes 🙂
I love pumpkin and I think I haven’t made any pumpkin cookies too! It’s about time to change that, thank you for the recipe!
Teresa, thanks for checking these Pumpkin Snickerdoodles out.. they are my new Go-To pumpkin fix!! haha
These cookies look delicious! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Hi Karly.. Thanks for stopping by.. I loved What’s Cookin’ Wednesday .. I look forward to joining in this week 🙂
OK, well these just sound amazing. Anything with a caramel drizzle is dangerous for me! YUMMMMMMM! Thanks for linking up again in our #TryABiteTuesday Link Party! This week is live and we’d love to see you back!
Thanks Amber!! I am a sucker for the drizzle too .. at that point, there’s just no going back!! haha.. Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to the next link party 🙂
We are a Snickerdoodle family and would be happy to add your Pumpkin Snickerdoodles to our awesome list! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you Miz Helen 🙂 … I absolutely love Full Plate Thursday and will be joining in on the fun again this week!