Description
Light and crispy gluten-free pumpkin spice cookies that are perfectly spiced and topped with a creamy, pumpkin-y icing. You’ll be making these crowd pleasing, allergen-friendly cookies on repeat.
Ingredients
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Pumpkin Cookies
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp cassava flour
- 1/4 cup tapioca starch
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp powdered ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Pumpkin “Buttercream” Frosting
- 1/2 cup dairy-free cream cheese, palm shortening or vegan butter
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp tapioca starch
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of sea salt
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a large bowl, combine cassava flour, tapioca starch, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and ground cloves.
- Make a well in the center and add coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.Then use your hands to bring the dough together.
- Place dough between two pieces of parchment paper and roll out to a rectangle 1/4-inch thick.*
- Refrigerate sheet of dough 5-7 minutes.
- Cut out cookies from dough using cookie cutter of your choice (any size).
- Transfer cookies on parchment paper to a large baking sheet. Bake in the middle rack of the oven for 11 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool before touching them/removing from cookie sheet, or they will break apart.
- Once completely cooled, ice and decorate as desired.
Frosting
- In a stand mixer or food processor, combine room-temperature vegan butter, dairy-free cream cheese or palm shortening with tapioca starch, cinnamon, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, vanilla extract and pinch of sea salt (if necessary).** Whisk or pulse until combined. Add more tapioca starch if you desire a thicker frosting.
- Use a spoon to add a dollop of icing to each cookie and spread lightly.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon or cinnamon sugar, if desired.
Notes
*Ensure not to roll out the cookies too thin or they will crack.
**If you are using dairy-free cream cheese or vegan butter and it contains salt, you can omit the additional salt here.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American