Description
Seasonal comfort meets sweet indulgence in these pumpkin coffee cake cookies, blending warm spices with a crumbly streusel topping. Rich autumn flavors dance across your palate, promising a delightful treat you’ll savor down to the last delectable crumb.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (combined from base and topping)
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 ¼ cup brown sugar (combined from base and topping)
Dry Ingredients and Spices:
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup granulated sugar
Additional Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (cold and cubed)
Instructions
- Prepare workspace by setting oven to 350°F and lining baking sheets with parchment paper for optimal cookie performance.
- Create dry mixture by whisking flour, leavening agents, salt, and aromatic spices until uniformly blended in a medium bowl.
- In a separate large bowl, transform butter and sugars into a light, airy cream through vigorous mixing.
- Incorporate pumpkin puree, egg, and vanilla extract into the butter mixture, ensuring smooth integration of wet ingredients.
- Gently fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, mixing only until components are just combined to maintain cookie tenderness.
- Construct streusel topping by combining flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon, then integrate cold butter using fingertips or pastry cutter until texture becomes delightfully crumbly.
- Portion cookie dough onto prepared sheets using a two-tablespoon scoop, creating uniform rounds with ample spacing.
- Generously crown each cookie with the prepared streusel mixture, ensuring complete surface coverage.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, watching for golden edges and set centers as indicators of perfect doneness.
- Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes to stabilize structure, then transfer to wire rack for complete cooling.
Notes
- Perfectly measure ingredients using kitchen scale for consistent cookie texture and size.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before baking to prevent spreading and maintain shaped cookies.
- Use room temperature ingredients to ensure smooth mixing and better cookie structure.
- Swap regular flour with gluten-free blend for celiac or gluten-sensitive individuals, maintaining similar texture and taste.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg