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Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies

October 2, 2013 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 11 Comments

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pumpkin chai snickerdoodle cookies

I <3 homemade cookies. And I wish I made them more. I really wish I made these more…all my favorite flavors of fall…in cookie form. While it’s still humid and up in the 90s some days, we have had a few “tastes of fall” and cool, crisp mornings.

I often make pumpkin muffins or pumpkin oatmeal or pumpkin quinoa (recipe coming Friday!) and find that I have a little pumpkin leftover, as most of the recipes I use don’t use the entire can. Now I have a great solution…a simple, after school snack or dessert for the boys and I use up all the pumpkin in the can!

Also, be on the lookout…my “never pay more than” price for canned pumpkin is $1 per can. Last year, I bought 20 cans of organic canned pumpkin when it was on sale for $1 at Sprouts…I’ll have my eyes out and ears to the ground, awaiting that deal again!

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Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies

All the Pumpkin Chai flavors in a delightfully soft cookie!
Prep Time15 minutes minutes
Cook Time10 minutes minutes
Servings - 3 dozen

Ingredients 

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla (or use homemade vanilla extract!)
  • 1 eggs
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground cardamom
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 Tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350.
  • In a mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream the butter or margarine with the sugars. Add the vanilla, eggs and pumpkin puree and combine well. Add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cardamom and salt and mix until batter forms.
  • In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  • Using a small ice cream scoop or cookie scoop, scoop ball of dough and form into uniform circle. Roll in the sugar-spice mixture. Place on a greased baking sheet or baking sheet with non-stick cooking mat.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving.

Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies

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Filed Under: After School Snacks, Baking, Budget Friendly Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Feature, Healthy Snacks, Homemade Recipes

Comments

  1. Trisha @ Vignette says

    October 2, 2013 at 6:37 pm

    These look so delicious – a perfect fall treat!

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  2. Danielle says

    October 2, 2013 at 8:01 pm

    hmmmm I wonder if these would work without the cardamom, it is the only ingredient I don’t have on hand…..

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    • Stacey says

      October 3, 2013 at 7:36 am

      I would like to know this answer as well…

      Reply
    • Jen T says

      October 3, 2013 at 4:55 pm

      You could probably use ginger instead. It would be more like pumpkin pie than chai though.

      Reply
  3. Hope :) says

    October 9, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    Yum! These look fantastic. I love chai in any form. A snickerdoodle version? Sign me up! Thanks for the recipe. 🙂

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  4. Amanda says

    October 19, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    For the person who asked- don’t skip the cardamom. These were amazing!!!

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  5. Melanie says

    November 8, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    When this recipe came up I immediately e-mailed it to family and then promptly forgot about it. My husband recovered it from his inbox last night when we were craving a sweet but didn’t know what to make. Holy COW deliciousness. So glad we came back to them!

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  6. Erin says

    November 23, 2013 at 2:33 pm

    Great flavor but mine came out quite dry and barely flattened out from the ball shape. Are you supposed to melt the butter or just soften? Only 1 egg? Not sure what I did wrong but would love to make them again

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    • Teresa Montanelli says

      September 15, 2015 at 4:44 pm

      Soften the butter, make sure to preheat the oven and make the balls uniformly small. *Not all ovens heat at the same temperature; perhaps use an internal thermostat to verify your ovens temperature. Hope this helps
      Happy cooking

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    November 3, 2013 at 3:47 pm

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