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Healthy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

When you try this fall-inspired recipe, ready to be blown away by a variety of flavors: bitter-sweet chocolate, spicy cinnamon, and fresh pumpkin. This Healthy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe is crazy-delicious and you won't be able to resist it!
  • cook TIME 12 mins
  • prep TIME 10 mins
  • total TIME 32 mins
  • INACTIVE TIME 10 mins
Course: Cookie, DessertCuisine: American
Servings: 18 servings
Calories: 129 kcal

Ingredients (10)

  • 6 oz pumpkin puree
  • 8 oz almond flour
  • 2 oz cornstarch
  • 1.8 oz peanut butter
  • 3.5 oz maple syrup
  • 0.5 oz dark chocolate
  • 0.5 oz white chocolate
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 2 tsp baking powder

INSTRUCTIONS

1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

2

Combine 1.8 oz peanut butter and 6 oz pumpkin puree in a large bowl. Pour in 3.5 oz syrup and add 1/4 tsp salt to balance the sweetness. Beat until the mixture is creamy

peanut butter, pumpkin puree, syrup and salt in a glass bowl
3

Add in 8 oz almond flour, 2 oz cornstarch, 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice, and 2 tsp baking powder. Mix until just combined.

almond flour, cornstarch and pumpkin spice in a glass bowl
4

Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat, parchment paper or spray it with cooking spray.

5

Scoop out a tablespoon of cookie mix, then, using your hands, form it into a cookie shape. Place on the baking sheet.

scoop out pumpkin cookies
6

If the stickiness of the batter bugs you, pop the mixture in the fridge for 10 minutes before shaping the cookies. This helps your cookies firmer.

7

Put them in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes until slightly brown.

baking pumpkin cookies in the oven
8

Remove from the baking sheet to a cooling rack. When completely cool, use melted chocolate (0.5 oz dark chocolate, 0.5 oz white chocolate), drizzle over to decorate your cookies.

decorating pumpkin cookies with dark chocolate
9

Serve or store cookies in an airtight conditioner.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 129 kcal | Fat 4 g | Saturated Fat 1 g | Trans Fat 0 g | Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g | Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | Cholesterol 1 mg | Sodium 87 mg | Potassium 42 mg | Carbohydrate 12 g | Fiber 2 g | Sugar 5 g | Protein 4 g | Vitamin A 1471 IU | Vitamin C 1 mg | Calcium 39 mg | Iron 1 mg