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Cookies are my weakness. I never met a one I didn’t like. Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are a little bit of fall and I think I need to make them again this weekend. You know, just to update the photos and stuff… 😉
Yesterday was a gloomy, rainy and cold day. Perfect for baking. I’d much rather heat the house with the oven than with central heating anyway. 🙂 So I went scrounging around my pantry to see what I had available. Not much. But I remembered that snickerdoodles don’t take too many ingredients and I had something to prove to myself when it comes to snickerdoodles.
This was the result of my last attempt:
After checking the recipe again, I realized that I had doubled the butter. Oops. And the time before when I tried to make them, they still came out flat as pancakes. I used the right butter, I didn’t soften it too much, I refrigerated the batter. I don’t know. These cookies just have something against me. The sad thing is, they are my husband’s favorite and I’m an utter failure when it comes to those evil little balls of cinnamon and sugar.
At last, my time had come to redeem myself. When I was digging around, I saw the pumpkin spice and thought, “I bet that would be good to roll snickerdoodles in rather than just plain cinnamon and sugar. Then they would be a nice fall treat.” Here I thought I was having an original thought. I also remembered I had some pumpkin left over in the refrigerator and the brilliant idea of using it in the batter popped into my mind. But I’m not a good guesser when it comes to baking. Baking is a science. Cooking is art. You can’t really mix the two. So I went on Pinterest and searched pumpkin snickerdoodles.
Here I thought I was being somewhat original. Nope. There must have been 100 different recipes that popped up. I decided to use a slightly altered version of this recipe from Six Sisters’ Stuff. It made the best snickerdoodles I’ve ever made (although that’s not saying much) and you don’t even need cream of tartar! They are fluffy and cake-like and the pumpkin flavor is just right. Enjoy!
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened (I tried this with 1/2 margarine and 1/2 shortening as listed in their recipe, but they turned out softer and tastier with just butter)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice tastes more pumpkin-y than just cinnamon 🙂
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Cream butter and sugar together with mixer.
- Add pumpkin, egg and vanilla, mix together.
- Add the dry ingredients and stir together.
- Chill dough for 30 minutes.
- While dough is chilling, mix 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- Scoop a small spoonful of dough and roll it into a ball. Roll in the sugar mixture and place on parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Bake 7-9 minutes. Cool pan on cooling rack. Cookies will be slightly browned and very soft!
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If you like the idea of these Pumpkin Snickerdoodles, try this variation:
Use the same recipe as above, but instead of rolling the cookie dough in the sugar and pumpkin spice mix, bake them plain and then frost with cream cheese frosting. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the top of the frosting and enjoy! These remind me of the Lofthouse frosted cookies they sell in the bakery at the grocery store. The difference is the hint of pumpkin and cream cheese frosting that brings together the tastes of fall!
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Cara @ Craftdictator says
I’m definitely going to be making these!! Thanks for sharing and I pinned this for later!!
Meagan says
I’m not a pumpkin person but those look good!
Nicole Burkholder says
I’m not really, either (I can skip the pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving) but I do like the added moisture and light flavor you get when baking with it.
DesignedByBH says
These look so delicious! I call my little brother Snickerdoodle…I’ll have to make him the pumpkin variety! 🙂
Nicole Burkholder says
I’m VERY curious to know how old your little brother is now 🙂
DesignedByBH says
Haha…he’s actually young enough to be my own, but still too old for me to still be calling him Snickerdoodle! He’s 15–he was adopted from Russia by my dad and step-mom (who is considerably younger than my father–which explains the age difference between both of my younger brothers and myself/older brothers). My other 15 year old brother was only adopted 2 years ago (or less), so I haven’t had the opportunity to bond with him on the “cookie” level! Lol.
christine says
Looks like you’ve come a long way w/ your snickerdoodle making! 🙂 Pinning these!
Nicole Burkholder says
My husband laughed so hard when that pan came out of the oven. He’s the one who took the photo and posted on FB! When I wrote the new post, I knew I had include it, even though it makes me look like a ninny 🙂 I’ve improved a bit. 🙂
Heather says
Pinning these to try out this weekend!!!
Lucy says
Yummm! I love pumpkin and snickerdoodles! In fact, I recently made a snickerdoodle cookie pizza. Pinned!
Nicole Burkholder says
Now that sounds delicious! I love cookie pizzas!
Cindy Eikenberg says
Ohh…these sound delicious and look amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe with us. Pinning! Have a happy Monday!
EMilyi says
yum!!! So pretty! I love snickerdoodles!!! Add pumpkin and its perfect! Emily@nap-timecreations