Easy to bake with Kids: Pumpkin Cookies with Nutty Puffs!
Holiday season is around the corner and we know how important it is to create memories with your little one! Here's an easy to follow recipe to bake with your kids this Thanksgiving! (And add a little peanut protein on top ;)
Ingredients
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter
- ¾ cup (165g) packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoon (10ml) honey
- 1 teaspoon (5ml) pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup (80ml) pure pumpkin puree, blotted to reduce to ¼ cup (*see notes above in the EXPERT TIPS section)
- 1 ¼ cups (180g) all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (or make your own - the recipe is in the article above)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- heaped ¼ teaspoon salt
For rolling Option:
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3 tablespoon (42g) granulated sugar
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1 tsp teaspoon ground cinnamon
Other Option:
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Frosting
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Mission MightyMe Nutty Puffs for decoration
NOTE: for best results, use a kitchen scale to weigh the ingredients.
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1). Brown the butter. Place butter in a saucepan over medium heat until melted and then continue to cook while stirring occasionally until butter begins to bubble and crackle as the moisture boils off. Keep cooking with frequent stirring until it turns a deep golden color. A dense foam will form at the surface when it is nearly ready. Pour it into a large mixing bowl, then let it cool for 15-20 minutes.
STEP 2). Combine dry ingredients. Mix together flour, baking soda, spices and salt in a medium bowl and whisk them together to blend evenly.
STEP 3). Combine butter and sugar. Add brown sugar to the cooled browned butter and whisk until combined. It will look a bit clumpy but it will come together with the egg yolk.
STEP 4). Mix in egg and pumpkin. Beat in egg yolk until incorporated and creamy smooth. Whisk in vanilla and pumpkin
STEP 5). Add dry ingredients. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and fold it in until evenly incorporated.
STEP 6). Chill the dough. Cover the dough in the bowl and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
STEP 7). Make cinnamon sugar. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
STEP 8). Coat in cinnamon sugar. Use a 1 ½-oz cookie scoop to portion mounds of dough and roll into smooth balls, then roll them evenly in the cinnamon sugar. Apply some pressure so you get a nice even coating.
STEP 9). Bake. Place the balls onto the prepared baking sheets spacing them 2 inches apart and flatten slightly. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden and still soft in the middle.
