These soft gluten free pumpkin cookies are so light and fluffy they melt in your mouth! Made with almond flour and lightly sweetened with maple syrup these cookies are sure to be a hit!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time12 minutesmins
Chill Time30 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr
Course: Snacks
Keyword: cookies
Servings: 12cookies
Ingredients
1 +¾cupalmond flour
4tablespoonoat flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
2teaspoonpumpkin pie spice
¼cupcoconut sugar
⅓cuppumpkin puree
2tablespooncoconut oilmelted and cooled
1tsp vanilla extract
1tablespoonmaple syrup
1largeegg
Cinnamon sugar coating
¼cupcoconut sugar
1tablespooncinnamon
Cream cheese frosting
¼cupcream cheesesoftened
2tablespoonicing sugar
½teaspoonvanilla extract
1teaspoonmilk
Instructions
In a medium bowl combine combine almond flour, oat flour, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice and set aside.
In a separate medium sized bowl, combine coconut oil, maple syrup, coconut sugar, vanilla and pumpkin and whisk until smooth. Slowly add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and stir until combined. Place dough in fridge for at least 30 minutes. While your dough is chilling, combine cinnamon sugar coating in a small shallow bowl.
Preheat oven to 350°. Once chilled, remove dough and roll into balls (about 2 tablespoon worth)- recipe should make about 12-13 cookies. Roll dough balls in cinnamon sugar mixture and place on a prepared baking sheet, gently pushing down using your thumb to create a thumbprint cavity on each cookie. Bake for about 12 minutes. *be careful not to over bake, cookies are done when the bottoms begin to brown..
Allow to cool. Whisk together cream cheese frosting ingredients and spoon some of the frosting into each thumbprint cavity, sprinkle with leftover cinnamon sugar.
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