Soft Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Vanilla Glaze

Enjoy a batch of these soft and cakey pumpkin spice cookies with vanilla glaze. They are the perfect treat for your pumpkin spice craving!

Since September 1st was the unofficial start of pumpkin spice season, I’m sharing an easy and delicious recipe for glazed pumpkin spice cookies. When I made these cookies, it was about 80 degrees outside. But I didn’t care. I wanted to bake with pumpkin, regardless of the weather outside! 

Make sure you try these other tasty pumpkin recipes: instant pot pumpkin cheesecake, Pumpkin Cornbread Muffins, and pumpkin pie dip.

The smell of pumpkin wafting through my house was enough for me to close my eyes and imagine cool weather. My husband said they “taste like autumn”. Try them and let me know if you agree. 😉

Pumpkin spice cookies with vanilla glaze

We love the gooey vanilla glaze that goes over these soft and cakey pumpkin spice cookies. It’s one of our favorite things to pour over baked goods. Make sure you check out our recipe for banana blueberry muffins with vanilla glaze, too! We also love topping baked goods with cream cheese frosting, like this recipe for pumpking sheet cake with cream cheese frosting.

On the hunt for more pumpkin recipes? Try these whole wheat pumpkin pancakes or these pumpkin spice muffins. If you want a savory pumpkin recipe, try our easy pumpkin soup recipe!

For more sweet treats, try our always-growing list of Christmas Cookie Recipes and our Christmas Cake Mix Cookies recipe. You may also like Christmas Sprinkle Pudding Cookies.

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Glazed Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Yield: 36 cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Enjoy a batch of these soft and cakey pumpkin spice cookies with vanilla glaze. They are the perfect treat for your pumpkin spice craving!

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Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• For the glaze:
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or in a large bowl with a hand mixer), cream together the butter and granulated sugar.
4. Add the pumpkin, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix until fully combined.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
6. Drop heaping tablespoons full of cookie dough on a cookie sheet and bake 15-20 minutes, until a fork inserted in the center of a cookie comes out clean.
7. Allow the cookies to fully cool and drizzle the glaze on top.
8. To make the glaze: Combine the powdered sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla extract in a medium bowl. MIx with a fork until a glaze is formed. Use the fork to drizzle the glaze on the cooled pumpkin spice cookies.
9.  Store uneaten glazed pumpkin spice cookies in an air tight container.

Nutrition Information

Yield 18 Serving Size 2 cookies
Amount Per Serving Calories 236Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 26mgSodium 210mgCarbohydrates 43gNet Carbohydrates 0gFiber 1gSugar 29gSugar Alcohols 0gProtein 2g

Nutrition information is an estimate.

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