These easy pumpkin pie spice cookies recipe are perfect for fall baking, sharing at Thanksgiving, and will satisfy all your pumpkin spice cravings! Baking lots of fall cookies this season? Try these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and iced maple walnut cookies too!
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If you love easy pumpkin desserts, try these frosted pumpkin bars, 3 ingredient pumpkin muffins, and pumpkin pie cobbler too!
As soon as fall arrives, I make these pumpkin snickerdoodles immediately! I have been making this recipe for years and my family loves them too! I make multiple batches so there's a ton to go around to each family and to share at Thanksgiving. Every time someone takes a bite of these cookies, their first words are, "They're so soft..." and they are!
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Why you'll love this recipe
- Flavor: This recipe uses pumpkin pie spice, pulling through all those fall flavours you're looking for in a fall dessert similar to recipes like a From Scratch Pumpkin Pie Recipe, Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting, Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls, Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake, and Pumpkin Twists.
- Texture: These cookies are super soft and chewy and melt away in your mouth.
- Aroma: While baking your cookies, your house will have a fantastic pumpkin spice aroma.
Ingredients You'll Need
Cookies
- Flour (1 & ½ cups)
- Pumpkin Spice (2 teaspoons)
- Ground Cinnamon (½ teaspoon)
- Baking Soda (½ teaspoon)
- Cream of Tartar (1 teaspoon)
- Salt (¼ teaspoon)
- Butter-Softened (½ cup)
- Granulated Sugar (½ cup)
- Brown Sugar-Packed (¼ cup)
- Egg Yolk (1)
- Vanilla Extract (2 teaspoons)
- Pumpkin Puree (¼ cup)
Coating
- Cinnamon (½ teaspoon)
- Granulated Sugar (¼ cup)
- Pumpkin Spice (1 teaspoons)
Step-by-Step Instructions
Cookies
- Dry ingredients: Combine and mix the dry ingredients (except the sugar) in a medium size bowl. Set aside.
- Wet ingredients: Mix the butter and sugars in a separate medium or large bowl until smooth. Add the remaining wet ingredients to combine.
- Combine: Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the wet ingredients, and mix until smooth (normal to look thick-ish).
- Chill: Cover tightly and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Coating
- Prepare: While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 350° F or 177° C. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix: Mix the coating ingredients together.
- Shape: Scoop 1 heaping tablespoon of dough per cookie and roll it into a ball using your hands. Toss the ball into the sugar coating. Add each cookie to the baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
- Bake: Bake for 11 – 13 minutes. Once removed from the oven, gently press down on each cookie with the back of a spoon to slightly flatten.
FAQ's
Absolutely! Simply cut the ingredients in half or double the ingredients as desired.
Store the pumpkin spice sugar cookies in an air-tight container on the counter for 1-week or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
You can create your own pumpkin spice seasoning using 5 common ingredients: cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.
📖 Recipe
Easy Pumpkin Pie Spice Cookies Recipe
- Total Time: 58 minutes
- Yield: 18 cookies
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
These pumpkin pie spice cookies are the perfect cookie for the fall season, especially when you want to make delicious fall spice cookies to share during Thanksgiving.
Ingredients
Cookies
- Flour (1 & ½ cups)
- Pumpkin Spice (2 teaspoons)
- Ground Cinnamon (½ teaspoon)
- Baking Soda (½ teaspoon)
- Cream of Tartar (1 teaspoon)
- Salt (¼ teaspoon)
- Butter-Softened (½ cup)
- Granulated Sugar (½ cup)
- Brown Sugar-Packed (¼ cup)
- Egg Yolk (1)
- Vanilla Extract (2 teaspoons)
- Pumpkin Puree (¼ cup)
Coating
- Cinnamon (½ teaspoon)
- Granulated Sugar (¼ cup)
- Pumpkin Spice (1 teaspoons)
Instructions
Cookies
- Dry ingredients: Combine and mix the dry ingredients (except the sugar) in a medium size bowl. Set aside.
- Wet ingredients: Mix the butter and sugars in a separate medium or large bowl until smooth. Add the remaining wet ingredients to combine.
- Combine: Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the wet ingredients, and mix until smooth (normal to look thick-ish).
- Chill: Cover tightly and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Coating
- Prepare: While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 350° F or 177° C. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix: Mix the coating ingredients together.
- Shape: Scoop 1 heaping tablespoon of dough per cookie and roll it into a ball using your hands. Toss the ball into the sugar coating. Add each cookie to the baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
- Bake: Bake for 11 – 13 minutes. Once removed from the oven, gently press down on each cookie with the back of a spoon to slightly flatten.
Notes
Scroll up to the full blog post for FAQs and Tips.
Nutrition facts are estimates only.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Category: dessert, cookies
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: american
Trista says
Delicious cookies!! I made them just as written but chilled the dough overnight in the fridge. Everyone said they had a delicious, chewy texture, and the spices with the pumpkin were perfect! They disappeared so quickly; must-make for a fall occasion! 🧡
Andrea says
Trista! So glad you and your guests enjoyed them 🙂 These are one of my personal favorites to make during the fall! Love that you chilled the dough overnight, it probably made them even more soft and chewy!