Gluten Free Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

My family is continuing on the journey of a gluten free diet. We tried Gluten Free Shortbread Cookies earlier and now it’s time for Gluten Free Pumpkin Cookies Recipe!

We love them and I hope you enjoy them just as much. The pumpkin is so delicious and I know pumpkin fans will appreciate this recipe. While some people love to enjoy pumpkin recipes in the Fall, I love them all year long. They are really quick and easy to make.

Why We Love This Recipe

This cookie recipe is so moist, cakey and delicious. The coating of powdered sugar makes the cookie so pretty and it’s yummy too. I can’t wait for you to try them. They are super easy and so very delicious. Pumpkin fans will go crazy over these amazing cookies.

The pumpkin flavor is wonderful and the cookies are an easy treat for any day of the week. You truly do not miss the gluten in these delicious cookies. Even my gluten loving family didn’t notice! Everyone said the cookies were amazing. 

Ingredients

• Gluten Free Baking Flour – We recommend using high quality gluten free flour for best results. We recommend getting one that xanthan gum
• Baking Soda and Baking Powder – Using both creates a soft and fluffy texture.
• Pumpkin Spice – You can also use a combination of ground ginger, nutmeg and ground cinnamon
• Salt – Use sea salt or kosher salt
• Butter – Softened, room temperature unsalted butter is best
• Granulated Sugar – You can use Erythritol or other granular sweetener such as light brown sugar, coconut sugar or dark brown sugar
• Pumpkin – Use canned pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
• Egg – Brings the batter together and adds moisture and richness
• Vanilla – Use pure vanilla extract

Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe and ingredients in the recipe card.

Variations Ideas

• Chocolate Chips – Make gluten-free pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for a delicious variation.
• Cream Cheese Frosting – Drizzle the top of the pumpkin cookies with cream cheese glaze.

How to Make Gluten Free Pumpkin Cookies

• Step 1 – Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your cookie sheet by spraying with cooking spray or lining with parchment paper.

Step 2 – Mix together all of the dry ingredients: gluten free flour through salt.

Step 3 – Cream the sugar and butter together with a electric mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment. Once this is mixed together really good, slowly stir in the pumpkin making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl.

Step 4 – After the pumpkin has been added, add the egg and vanilla. Mix this together really good in a large mixing bowl.

Step 5 – Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Combine until a thick batter forms.

Step 6 – Put the confectioner’s sugar in a bowl. Start scooping cookies about a tablespoon in size and then drop in the sugar. Roll pumpkin cookie dough around to coat it really good.

Step 7 – Put each of the gluten-free cookies on the prepared cookie sheet. Once you have all of the cookies on the baking sheet, use a glass cup and gently press down on the cookie to make them a little flatter. Bake for about 6 to 8 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on a cooling rack.

Recipe Tips

• Pumpkin Pie Spice – Learn how to make pumpkin pie spice at home when you don’t have any on hand. It only takes a few minutes to make and it’s so easy. We bake a lot of pumpkin recipes and it is so much cheaper to make this.
• Cookie Scoop – Save time and use these stainless steel scoops to make the cookies. You will use these all the time. They make it so much easier to make a bunch of cookies at once. Plus, they are all uniform which makes it easy to cook them all evenly.
• Cookie Dough Consistency – You want the batter to be thick. If it is too thin, just place in the fridge to harden before baking.

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