Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
These chewy brown butter pumpkin snickerdoodles are the perfect spiced fall cookie.
Equipment
- medium saucepan
- stand mixer with paddle attachment
- baking sheets
- parchment paper
- cookie scoop
- paper towels
Ingredients
Base Ingredients
- ½ cup butter browned and cooled
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup pumpkin puree blotted to become 3 tablespoons (50g)
- 1 large egg yolk room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar for rolling
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice for rolling
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon for rolling
Instructions
Preparation
- Start by browning the butter. You'll take ½ cup of butter (one stick) and melt in a medium saucepan, and then continue to cook past the point of boiling until it turns a nice golden brown, and has a nutty smell.
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Measure out ⅓ cup of pumpkin and place on a paper plate. Using some paper towels, blot the pumpkin until the paper towel wipes clean.
- Place browned butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together. Add pumpkin, egg yolk and vanilla and mix again.
- Add salt, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin spice and flour to the bowl and mix on low, being careful not to over mix.
- Scoop the dough into large balls and roll cookie balls in a mix of sugar, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon.
- Bake the cookies for 9-11 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the pan before moving to a cooling rack.
Notes
Blotting the pumpkin beforehand helps these cookies to become less cakey and more chewy. If your dough feels crumbly, add 1-2 tablespoons extra pumpkin until it feels like a smoother cookie dough consistency.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 230kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 277mgPotassium: 61mgFiber: 1gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 1757IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 1mg
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