Soft and Chewy Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Maple Glaze
This easy Pumpkin Sugar Cookie recipe is a fast and delicious way to enjoy the fall flavors of pumpkin spice, with a tasty maple glaze!
Servings: 40
Calories: 95kcal
Equipment
- baking sheets
- parchment paper
- electric mixer or stand mixer
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ cups dark brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened (½ cup)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- ½ cup canned plain pumpkin puree
- granulated white sugar, for rolling the cookies
Maple glaze:
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine pumpkin puree, egg, vanilla, and softened butter, and maple syrup, using an electric mixer on low speed.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and pumpkin spice until well combine.
- Add dry ingredients to bowl with wet ingredients, and combine using an electric mixer on low speed until a dough forms.
- Fill a small bowl with granulated white sugar, and line two baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a tablespoon, scoop out cookies, and roll into balls with your hands.
- Roll the cookies in the white sugar to coat, and transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Continue until all cookies are formed and rolled in sugar.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15-17 minutes.
- Transfer baked cookies to a wire rack to cool, then place back on parchment lined sheets.
- Make the glaze: Whisk together the ¼ cup maple syrup, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 1 tablespoon milk, and use the whisk to drizzle the glaze over the cooled cookies. Allow to stand for 10-15 minutes until glaze is set.
- Makes about 40 cookies.
- Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
Nutrition
Calories: 95kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 39mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 554IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.4mg