Description
These chewy pumpkin spice molasses cookies are soft, rich, and full of cozy fall flavor. Made with pumpkin puree, molasses, cinnamon, and warm spices, each cookie features a tender center and a sweet cinnamon-sugar coating.
Ingredients
Scale
- 226 g unsalted butter (1 cup)
- 200 g light brown sugar
- 150 g granulated sugar
- 1 large egg (50 g without shell), room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 35 g molasses (2 tbsp)
- 56 g canned pumpkin puree
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 295 g all-purpose flour
- 50 g sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine 50 g sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl to make the cinnamon-sugar coating. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter, light brown sugar, and 150 g granulated sugar until creamy and well combined.
- Add the room-temperature egg and vanilla. Mix until incorporated.
- Add the molasses and pumpkin puree. Mix until smooth and evenly combined.
- Add 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, salt, allspice, cloves, ginger, and baking soda. Mix until the spices are evenly distributed.
- Add the all-purpose flour and mix on low speed just until no dry flour remains. Avoid overmixing.
- Scoop portions of dough and roll them into balls.
- Roll each dough ball in the prepared cinnamon-sugar mixture until evenly coated.
- Arrange the dough balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving space between them.
- Bake using a standard cookie-baking temperature until the edges are set and the centers remain soft. The original recipe did not specify an oven temperature or baking time.
- Allow the cookies to rest briefly on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack to cool.
Notes
- Use plain canned pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling.
- The dough will be soft because of the pumpkin and molasses. Use a cookie scoop for easier shaping.
- Avoid overbaking to preserve the chewy centers. Allow the cookies to set before moving them.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Recipes
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 175 kcal
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 105 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
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