These Easy Pumpkin Cookies are made with 4 basic ingredients and have a moist texture and delicious fall flavors. They're ready in under 25 minutes for a perfect last-minute dessert.
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Preheat the oven 350 °F (180 °C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Lightly oil the paper with a cooking oil spray.
In a mixing bowl, whisk melted, cooled butter, pumpkin puree, soft brown sugar, and the optional vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spices, and salt, if used.
Fold in the self-rising flour with a rubber spatula to incorporate it and form a cookie dough.
Feel free to add chopped nuts and stir to evenly incorporate them.
Lightly oil a cookie dough scoop, grab some cookie dough, and release it on the baking sheet, leaving a thumb of space between the cookies. Press down the top of the cookies with your lightly oiled hands.
Bake the cookies for 15-16 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C) on the center rack of the oven until golden brown on the edges.
Let them cool down on a cooling rack for an hour.
Notes
Note 1: One cup of self-rising flour is equivalent to 1 cup of all-purpose flour with 2 teaspoons of baking powder. You might be able to use 1:1 gluten-free all-purpose flour with gluten-free baking powder.Note 2: You can use canned pure pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) or make homemade pumpkin puree.Note 3: You can use light flavor oils like almond oil or light olive oil, but the cookies will be harder and not as moist. Note 4: You can use other granulated sweeteners, but soft brown sugar provides more moisture, and white sugar hardens and crisps the cookies more.Note 5: Spices are highly recommended, or the cookies will be bland. Pick all the optional flavors, or just one or two, as you like. Note 6: You can swap it for pumpkin pie spices.