Gluten-free Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies

Gluten-free Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies 

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter

1/4 cup light or dark brown sugar

1 cup granulated Sugar Divided

1 tsp vanilla extract

6 TBS Pumpkin puree (I use Libby's or Organic puree). 

1 and a half cups gluten free flour RECIPE HERE

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ground cinnamon divided

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1.4 tsp ground cloves 

1/2 cup white chocolate chips 

Directions: 

Melt Butter in microwave, In a medium bowl, mix in the brown sugar and 1/2 cup of the granulated sugar. Mix until lumps are gone. Add in vanilla and pumpkin until smooth. 

In a large bowl, toss together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon,  pumpkin pie spice, and cloves. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together.  The dough will be very soft. Fold in white chocolate chips. They may not stick to the dough because of the melted butter, but do your best to have them evenly dispersed among the dough. Cover the dough and chill for 30 minutes.  Chilling is mandatory.

Take the dough out of the refrigerator. Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. 

Roll the dough into balls, about 1.5 Tablespoons of dough each. Mix together the remaining 1/2 cup of granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Roll each of the dough balls generously in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and arrange on 2 baking sheets. Slightly flatten the dough balls because the cookies will only slightly spread in the oven. (I used the bottom of a small glass bowl) 

Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes. The cookies will look very soft and underbaked.  Remove from the oven and press a few more white chocolate chips onto the tops, if desired. 

Allow the cookies to cool for at least 10 minutes on the cookie sheets before transferring to a wire rack. The longer the cookies cool, the chewier they will be. I let them sit out for at least 1 hour before enjoying. 

Doing my best to enjoy this beautiful holiday weather and everything apple and pumpkin that can be baked! 

but the great baking season of Christmastime is right around the corner ;) 

Happy Living!

~M