Homemade Chewy Maple Pumpkin Bliss
There is something truly magical about the way the house smells when a batch of Chewy Maple Pumpkin Cookies is in the oven. These aren't your typical cakey pumpkin cookies; they are dense, buttery, and have that perfect "bend" that every cookie lover craves.
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup pumpkin purée blotted
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- Extra cinnamon-sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until smooth.
- Stir in the blotted pumpkin, egg yolk, and maple syrup.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until just combined.
- Scoop dough into 1.5-tablespoon balls. Roll in cinnamon-sugar.
- Place balls on baking sheets 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10–12 minutes. The centers should still be soft.
- Cool on the sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.