5 Must-Try Pumpkin Cookie Recipes to Spice Up Your Fall

Fall has arrived, and with it comes a craving for pumpkin spice that's as powerful and compelling as brains are to zombies. And what better way to satisfy the primal drive for pumpkin than with some soft, spicy, home-baked pumpkin cookies? We have all the pumpkin cookie recipes you'll need to enjoy fall to its fullest. Now isn't that better than brains?

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon allspice
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup canned pumpkin
• 1¼ cups granulated white sugar
• ½ cup melted butter
• ½ cup coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. Mix flour, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, mix pumpkin, sugar, vanilla, oil, and melted butter.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well.
5. Place 2-tablespoon sized dough balls on a cookie sheet.
6. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until cookies start to brown.

Ingredients

• 1½ cups granulated white sugar
• ½ cup softened butter
• 1 (8-ounce) OR ½ (15-ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2½ cups flour
• ½ cup white chocolate chips
• ½ cup walnuts
• ½ cup pepitas

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine the sugar with the butter and blend well in a mixing bowl.
3. Add pumpkin, vanilla, and egg; beat until smooth.
4. Combine cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and flour in s separate bowl; add to the pumpkin mixture and mix until smooth.
5. Fold in the white chocolate chips, walnuts, and pepitas.
6. Make tablespoon-sized dough balls and place on a greased cookie sheet.
7. Bake for about 16 minutes or until the edges are firm.

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