Pumpkin Cookies 🎃🍪🍂 Soft, Spiced & Irresistible

Pumpkin cookies are the perfect bite-sized way to enjoy fall flavors. Whether you like them soft and cakey, crisp and chewy, or packed with extras like chocolate chips or cream cheese frosting, these recipes make pumpkin season even sweeter.

Classic Soft Pumpkin Cookies

Light, fluffy, and spiced just right.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Baking soda, baking powder
  • Pumpkin pie spice

Instructions:

  1. Cream butter and sugar, then beat in egg and pumpkin.
  2. Mix in dry ingredients until just combined.
  3. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 12–14 min.

👉 Soft Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

A cozy upgrade to a classic favorite.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Baking soda
  • Pumpkin pie spice
  • Chocolate chips

Instructions:

  1. Mix butter, sugar, egg, and pumpkin until smooth.
  2. Fold in dry ingredients and chocolate chips.
  3. Bake at 350°F for 10–12 min.

👉 Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Chewy Pumpkin Molasses Cookies

Deep, rich spice flavor with a soft chew.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Molasses
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Baking soda
  • Cinnamon, ginger, cloves

Instructions:

  1. Beat butter, sugar, pumpkin, and molasses.
  2. Add dry ingredients and mix until combined.
  3. Roll into balls, coat in sugar, and bake at 350°F for 11–13 min.

👉 Pumpkin Molasses Cookies Recipe

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Sandwich Cookies

Sweet pumpkin cookies with a tangy filling.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Pumpkin pie spice
  • Cream cheese
  • Powdered sugar

Instructions:

  1. Make soft pumpkin cookies and let cool.
  2. Beat cream cheese with powdered sugar for filling.
  3. Sandwich cookies together with frosting.

👉 Pumpkin Cream Cheese Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Hearty and full of texture.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Rolled oats
  • Pumpkin pie spice
  • Raisins or chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions:

  1. Beat wet ingredients until smooth.
  2. Mix in dry ingredients and oats.
  3. Drop dough and bake at 350°F for 12–14 min.

👉 Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Frosted Pumpkin Cookies

Soft, sweet, and topped with creamy icing.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Baking powder, baking soda
  • Pumpkin pie spice
  • Powdered sugar, milk, vanilla (for frosting)

Instructions:

  1. Bake soft pumpkin cookies and let cool.
  2. Whisk frosting ingredients until smooth.
  3. Spread or drizzle over cookies.

👉 Frosted Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Spiced sugar coating meets soft pumpkin goodness.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Baking soda, cream of tartar
  • Pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon sugar

Instructions:

  1. Make pumpkin cookie dough.
  2. Roll in cinnamon sugar.
  3. Bake at 350°F for 10–12 min.

👉 Pumpkin Snickerdoodles Recipe

Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies

Soft cookies with a creamy cheesecake swirl.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Butter
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Baking soda
  • Pumpkin pie spice
  • Cream cheese, powdered sugar

Instructions:

  1. Make pumpkin cookie dough.
  2. Drop spoonfuls of cream cheese mixture into dough and swirl lightly.
  3. Bake at 350°F for 12–14 min.

👉 Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies Recipe

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

A classic sugar cookie with a fall twist.

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin purée
  • Butter
  • Sugar
  • Egg
  • Flour
  • Baking powder
  • Pumpkin pie spice

Instructions:

  1. Cream butter and sugar, then beat in pumpkin and egg.
  2. Stir in flour, baking powder, and spices until dough forms.
  3. Roll out, cut shapes, and bake at 350°F for 8–10 min.

👉 Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe

🧾 Final Thoughts: Bite-Sized Fall Bliss

Pumpkin cookies are a quick, shareable way to bring fall flavors to any gathering. From frosted and filled to chocolatey or chewy, there’s a cookie here for every mood and moment.

Pro Tip: For the softest pumpkin cookies, don’t overbake — they’ll keep cooking a bit as they cool.

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