For a little pillowy bite of fall-flavored heaven, take a bite out of these pumpkin spice snickerdoodle cookies. Made with pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice, these cookies are a wonderful autumn themed treat.
In a mixing bowl cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Add in the egg, pumpkin puree, and vanilla. Mix until combined.
Add in the cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and spices. Mix until distributed.
Now mix in the flour until the flour has just been incorporated. Do not overmix. The dough will be soft. Make sure to have scraped down the sides of the bowl as well.
Cover the bowl of dough with plastic wrap and keep it stored in the fridge for at least one hour, or up to 2 days.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside temporarily. (Do NOT grease the cookie sheets or else the cookies will spread and not turn out properly).
In a small bowl mix together the sugar and spices needed for the sugar coating.
Scoop the cookie dough into rounded tablespoonfuls and place into the sugar coating. Roll into balls and when fully coated in sugar, place the balls of dough 2 inches apart on your prepared baking sheet.
Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes until the tops are just set and no longer glossy.
Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Repeat with the remaining dough until all of the cookies have been baked. Enjoy.
Notes
Recipe Tips
After you have a filled baking sheet of cookies in the oven, return the bowl of dough to the fridge to keep it chilled until ready to bake the next batch.
I like to roll the dough balls into the sugar and place them onto a baking sheet or plate while I wait for the first batch of cookies, and then place that plate/tray in the fridge. When the baking sheet is emptied of its cooled cookies, I can just grab and place the ready to bake balls of dough.
If you would like your cookies to spread more as they bake, before placing them into the oven, flatten them slightly with the bottom of a glass.