Happy gosh darn Friday! Wow, what a week! It is very much fall here. In fact, we’re pretty much past our fall, as many of our leaves have fallen from their branches. It even snowed most of the day yesterday. We have chilly temps and snow on the ground. Yes, cozy season has arrived! And I’m happy to be sharing these very cozy, very delicious pumpkin cookies today. My first cozy cookies of the season actually. And you all, these pumpkin cookies are totally not your average pumpkin cookies. These are so special with a unique blend of warming fall spices and pumpkiny flavor. And they’re just perfectly baked to be extra chewy. When I set out to make these, I really wanted to achieve a pumpkin cookie that was chewy all around, soft, and not cakey. I also wanted a lot of ginger and spice. I thought back to the pumpkin cookies I created long ago. And then forward to the crystallized candied ginger I’ve been loving so much. The sweet ginger pieces add a nice chewiness when mixed with the yummy pumpkin butter. Together they make for the BEST pumpkin cookies.
Here are the details
Step 1: make the cookie dough Beat the butter with dark brown sugar and vanilla. Then add an egg, pumpkin butter, and molasses. The molasses really gives this cookie a great amount of chewiness. Next, add the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Mix in the candied ginger pieces I told you about above. Now, let the dough rest for 10 minutes. This will help the cookies bake perfectly and will make the dough a bit easier to roll too. Step 2: roll and bake the cookies Roll the dough into decently-sized balls. This is a sticky dough, but if you’re having trouble, add a couple of tablespoons of additional flour. Then bake, that’s literally it. Step 3: make the icing This icing is my favorite. It’s made with just a handful of ingredients and I love the nutty brown butter flavor and creaminess. It’s what makes these cookies really melt in your mouth. The ingredients: butter, milk, sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Brown the butter on the stove. Then add everything to the brown butter and thin it out with some milk. Ice each cookie quickly, the frosting does set up pretty quickly. This combo of pumpkin, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and brown butter is unexpected, but I’m finding that everyone LOVES it. The result is a perfectly chewy, pumpkiny, gingery, molasses cookie with rich notes of ginger, cinnamon, pumpkin, and vanilla. These cookies smell incredible, like the warming scents of fall. Easy to make, no chilling, and they take less than a half hour to make, love that! Plus they’re full of actual pumpkin flavor and real ginger! Looking for other fall recipes? Here are a few ideas: Pumpkin Butter Cinnamon Roll Bread Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins Cream Cheese Swirled Cinnamon Pumpkin Butter Bread 6 Ingredient Spiced Pumpkin Butter Spiced Pumpkin Maple Latte Chai Pumpkin Cake with Maple Browned Butter Frosting Pumpkin Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Cinnamon Swirl Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Butter Bread Pumpkin Coffee Cake Muffins Fluffy Pumpkin Butter Chocolate Chip Pancakes Chewy Frosted Cinnamon Swirl Snickerdoodles Soft Gingerbread Latte Cookies with Brown Butter Icing Lastly, if you make these Soft Pumpkin Spice Ginger Cookies with Brown Butter Icing be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
