Whether you’re enjoying them with a cup of hot cocoa or sharing with friends, these pumpkin cookie recipes are a delightful way to welcome the fall season.
You have to admit, pumpkin cookies are like little bites of fall bliss. They have all the warm flavors that make autumn such a cozy season and most of them are super easy to make. Plus, who doesn’t love the smell of cookies baking in the oven?
What flavors pair well with pumpkin in baking recipes?
To enhance the fall experience, consider adding warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to your recipes. After all, they are all part of the delicious pumpkin pie spice everyone loves—I’m talking to you PSL lovers!
For an extra layer of indulgence, throw in some chocolate chips, pecans, or even a swirl of cream cheese. Your taste buds will thank you!
Pumpkin puree or pumpkin pie filling?
Before I give you my awesome list of cookie recipes, a quick tip: all of these pumpkin creations use canned pumpkin puree, not the pie filling. We want that 100% pure pumpkin goodness to shine through in every bite!
Using pure pumpkin puree allows you to control the sweetness and flavor of your recipe. It also gives your cookies a nutirient boost with vitamins and fiber. Hey, I’ll take a healthy boost wherever I can (especially in cookies)!
Okay, let’s get to the baking fun! Scroll down for some amazing pumpkin cookie recipes that will make your fall extra delicious this year. Oh, and at the bottom of the list you will find some great recipes for specialty diets like gluten-free, vegan, keto, and more!
Pumpkin Cookie Recipes
These pumpkin cookie recipes are a good way to welcome the fall season. Enjoy them with a cup of hot cocoa or share some with friends!
Pumpkin Linzer Cookies
These pumpkin butter linzer cookies are the perfect holiday treat! They're soft, buttery, and great for a fall dessert.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
This one bowl cookie recipe is full of fall goodness: pumpkin, old-fashioned oats, cinnamon chips, and toasted chopped pecans!
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Learn how to make pumpkin sugar cookies with vanilla cream cheese frosting that everyone will love! This recipe is very easy and quick.
Brown Butter Iced Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Are you loving the brown butter craze? You need to try these pumpkin oatmeal cookies topped with a brown buter icing!
Pumpkin Madeleines
Do you like crunchy cookies with a soft interior? These pumpkin madeleines are what you need. They taste like fall and are perfect for dunking in a hot beverage!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Indulge in your favorite fall flavor with this pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe! This is going to be an autumn staple, perfect for seasonal baking and parties.
Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling
What do I like about these cookies? They are a soft pumpkin cookie with a sweet cream cheese filling, rolled in a cinnamon sugar coating, and topped with a white chocolate drizzle. What don't I like?
Pumpkin Crinkle Cookies
If you like soft, chewy cookies, these pumpkin crinkle cookies are for you! They are really easy and use basic ingredients you may already have in your pantry.
Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies
Take your snickerdoodles up a notch with the addition of brown butter, pumpkin, and pumpkin spice. These cookies are crispy on the edges and gooey/chewy on the inside!
Pumpkin S'mores Cookies
Yes, you read that right, pumpkin s'mores cookies! They are exactly what they sound like—pumpkin chocolate chip cookies with the addition of graham crackers and mini marshmallows.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
If you are a fan of decorating sugar cookies, this recipe is for you! You'll make pumpkin flavored (and shaped) sugar cookies and that add royal icing to decorate.
Pumpkin Pie Thumbprint Cookies
Don't want to make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving? These thumbprint cookies are much easier and are like eating mini pumpkin pies!
Pumpkin Cookies with Frosting
These cream cheese frosted cookies look so impressive, you'll want to make them every time you have people over in the fall! I love the addition of the fall sprinkles, don't you?
Pumpkin Pecan Shortbread Cookies
The flavors of pumpkin and pecan in a shortbread cookie form! Just like regular shortbread cookies, these are tender and crisp making them perfect with a hot cup of coffee or tea.
Chocolate Dipped No Bake Pumpkin Cookies
Two of my favorite things in one: chocolate dip and no-bake. You could be eating these cookies in 20 minutes!
Concha Spice Christmas Cookies
What? A Christmas cookie on a list of pumpkin recipes? Yep! Lisa was inspired by Concha (a Mexican sweet bread) when she came up with this recipe. They have a pumpkin spice soft inside and a crisp buttery corn flour shell on the outside.
Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies
These semi-homemade cookies are super easy to make with a couple of shortcuts: yellow cake mix and a jar of cream cheese frosting!
Pumpkin Caramel Cookies With Toffee
Tons of fall flavor in this cookie recipe! You will enjoy a pumpkin cookie with caramel bits, plus you will throw in some delicious toffee bits.
Pumpkindoodles
Add this pumpkin cookie recipe to your holiday plans now! They are soft and delicious and get a hit of flavor from the extra cinnamon and sugar.
Pumpkin Raisin Cookies
Soft, fluffy pumpkin cookies studded with delicious raisins and drizzled with a cinnamon glaze. These are a great alternative to oatmeal raisin cookies!
Specialty Diet Pumpkin Cookie Recipes
Gluten-free, Vegan, & Sugar-free: Pumpkin Pecan Cookies
The perfect blend of pumpkin, crunchy pecans, and just the right touch of spice! These healthy pumpkin pecan cookies are naturally gluten-free, and vegan with a low-carb option.
Gluten Free: Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prepare these cookies as a nutritious choice for a speedy breakfast, hiking, or when you're on the move—they're portable and packed with wholesome, gluten-free ingredients.
Vegan & Nut-free: Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookies
These vegan, nut-free, oatmeal pumpkin cookies make an ideal after-school treat or a convenient on-the-go snack for adults! They are also very easy to make gluten-free.
Keto, Grain-free & Vegan: Pumpkin Spice Latte Cookies
Are you a fan of PSL? Well, you are in for a treat with these pumpkin spice latte cookies! They feature pumpkin puree and pumpkin flour, so you will definitely taste the pumpkin in these beauties.
Gluten-free & Nut-free: Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies
Indulge in the delightful mix of pumpkin and cinnamon in these pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies. They feature a crispy cinnamon sugar coated outside with a chewy inside!
Vegan: Pumpkin Cookies With Pecans
1 bowl + 30 minutes = delicious pumpkin pecan cookies! I love cookie math, don't you? The simple ingredients in this vegan recipe give you a pumpkin spice flavored cookie packed with pecan crunch.
Gluten & Dairy-free: Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
This easy to make small batch recipe gives you bakery-quality pumpkin sugar cookies without the gluten and dairy. Yep, dairy-free and you still get to enjoy a 'cream cheese' icing!
Gluten-free & Vegan: Little Debbie Pumpkin Delights
A healthy alternative to a fall Little Debbie favorite treat! Enjoy soft pumpkin spiced cookies with a Jack-o'-lantern carved face stuffed with pumpkin butter filling any time of year with this recipe.
Lower-Carb & No Added Sugar: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Enjoy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies with half the carbs and no added sugar! Options for making these keto-friendly are also included.
Gluten-Free & Keto: Pumpkin Protein Cookies
The addition of whey protein to this recipe makes each cookie have 2 grams of protein! You can feel good about eating these cookies.
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