We’re not quite to the cookie-swap rush of Christmas yet, but I thought I’d get a jump start on it. And since these little babies also have a whiff of pumpkin spice — they’re also appropriate for Thanksgiving. Or Halloween. Or whenever you feel like having a cookie… Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles — seriously, yum!
These cookies are crispy on the outside with a little chew on the inside — just the way I like them… and if you’re a fan of regular cinnamon-y snickerdoodles, I think you’ll love the spice blend here.
I can’t take credit for the actual cookie recipe. It’s from Duff Goldman and his cookbook Duff Bakes. Why reinvent the wheel, right? But instead of just plain old cinnamon and sugar, I used a blend of spices that you’d normally find in a pumpkin pie — like cloves, nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon. Of course — Scott is not a fan of pumpkin, but he doesn’t mind a lightly spiced cookie. In fact — I think I nabbed five of these cookies before he ate the rest.
That tells you that —
1. They were really good or
2. I don’t keep enough sweets in the house.
and it’s not 2!
BTW – If you are doing a cookie swap — or looking to mail some contraband to a dorm-sequestered college student (ahem), I can guarantee that these will be a hit!
Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles
ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 stick butter at room temperature
- 1 extra large egg
- 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
For Pumpkin Spice Blend
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- rounded 1/4 teaspoon ginger ground
- rounded 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg ground
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice ground
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves ground
instructions
- Position oven racks to upper and lower thirds of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Use a mixer to cream the sugar and butter together until fluffy. Add the egg and mix well.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and blend until a soft dough forms.
Make the pumpkin spice
- In a small bowl combine the sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves and mix well to combine.
- Scoop out dough a rounded teaspoon at a time and roll into 1" balls. Dunk the cookie dough into the spice mix and coat completely. Transfer the cookie to the baking sheet and lightly tamp down on the dough. Continue the process for the remaining cookies giving them a few inches of space between - as the cookies will spread to about 2 1/2". Place one cookie sheet on the top and the other on the bottom. Bake for 8 minutes, then swap the cookie sheets so the bottom sheet moves to the top rack and vice versa. Bake for an additional 8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
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It’s never to early to start holiday baking! These sounds so seasonally delicious! Love them.
They didn’t last long!
I love the way that you write your posts! And your pictures are very beautiful and yummy!!!
Thank you!
well these are gorgeous! I love how cute they are wrapped up like that- what an awesome gift idea!
If I told you, how I set this up, you’d laugh!
Lol.. you need a behind the scenes photo
I love snickerdoodles and even better for fall with the pumpkin spice! Pinning for later.
Oh my gosh! You always make the best everything! I feel like I can already smell these! 😀
Well vote for me on the South Florida Blogger Awards (Best Recipe Blogger)! These are dynamite!
You know I’m such a huge fan of pumpkin spice and of snickerdoodles but I never thought to combine the two! These sounds delightful and I can’t wait to try!
Thanks, Fiona! Enjoy!
I’m a cookie addict and these looks absolutely delicious. Love the warm fall spices you used. Just perfect! Sharing! Have a lovely weekend Lisa 🙂
You do the same, Natalie! Eat some cookies!
These look great! What a smart idea to make these cookies more festive for the holidays!
I’m glad you like them, Katrina – of course, I bow before the master…
I love the flavors and scents of pumpkin pie spice. These are screaming all those yummy flavors 🙂
I can attest to that!
People don’t bring enough cookies to Thanksgiving dinner – it’s all about the pies! These cookies would be perfect and I bet the kids would love them, too. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I agree!
I adore Snickerdoodles and I adore pumpkin spice – so this is a heavenly combination for me! Your cookies look very tempting. I don’t think they’d last long in our house either!
There’s always that danger…
Perfectly delicious looking cookies. I love snickerdoodles.
Me too!
Whenever I feel like having a cookie? So that would be everyday 🙂 These look so good! And yes, crunchy + chewy is the way to go. I love the spices you used on here!
Thanks, Jolina!