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Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cookies

Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cookies: The Best Fall Treat You'll Love

Delightful Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cookies perfect for fall, combining rich pumpkin flavor and crunchy pecans.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 150 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • electric mixer
  • Cookie Scoop
  • Baking sheet
  • Cooling Rack

Ingredients
  

Cookie Dough

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 0.25 teaspoon salt
  • 0.25 cup chopped pecans
  • 0.5 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 0.25 cup white sugar
  • 0.75 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 0.67 cup pumpkin puree blotted

Maple Icing & Toppings

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 0.25 cup maple syrup
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 0.25 cup chopped pecans

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Preheat oven to 325°F.
  • Take unsalted butter out of the refrigerator so that it can begin to come to room temperature. It will need to sit out of the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
  • While you wait for your butter to come to room temperature, gather up all of your ingredients and equipment.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cloves, cinnamon and salt. Whisk well to combine.
  • Chop pecans and divide them in half (half will be folded into cookie dough and half will be sprinkled on top of the cookies once they've been iced).
  • Cream butter and sugars together with an electric or stand mixer on medium speed for 3-5 minutes.
  • Blot your pumpkin puree. Place high quality paper towels in a small bowl and place pumpkin puree into the paper towels and fold the edges over the puree to soak up excess moisture.
  • Add egg, maple syrup and blotted pumpkin puree to creamed butter and sugar. Mix on medium/high speed for 2 minutes.
  • Add a third of dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix on low speed. Repeat until all wet and dry ingredients have been combined.
  • Add half of your chopped pecans and fold them into the cookie dough.
  • Use a cookie scoop or round measuring spoon to create 2 tablespoon balls of cookie dough. Space cookies about 2 inches apart on a large cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes at 325°F.
  • Place baked cookies on a cooling rack with a cookie sheet under it.
  • While cookies cool, make your maple icing. Combine powdered sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon and cloves. Whisk ingredients together.
  • Once cookies have cooled, drizzle them with maple icing and sprinkle them with remaining chopped pecans.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

Icing should be applied in small batches to prevent it from drying too quickly.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 150kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 80mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 200IUCalcium: 10mgIron: 0.5mg
Keyword baking, desserts, fall treats, Maple Pecan Pumpkin Cookies, pecan cookies, Pumpkin Cookies
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