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Brown Butter And Maple Chewy Pumpkin Cookies

Brown butter and maple syrup make these chewy pumpkin cookies rich and soft, with caramelized edges from browned butter. Warm pumpkin pie spice and a short bake time create a dense, deep-orange cookie that stays tender.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Chill 30 minutes
Total Time 57 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 220
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Butter
  • 0.5 cup butter Use unsalted or reduce added salt if using salted butter.
Pumpkin and maple
  • 0.5 cup pumpkin puree
  • 0.33 cup maple syrup
  • 1 egg yolk Use 1 large egg yolk.
Dry ingredients
  • 1.75 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 0.5 tsp salt

Equipment

  • 1 sheet pan
  • 1 saucepan

Method
 

Brown the butter
  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat, swirling constantly, until it turns golden brown and smells nutty. Then cool slightly to avoid cooking the other ingredients.
Combine wet ingredients
  1. Whisk the browned butter with pumpkin puree, maple syrup, and egg yolk until smooth and glossy.
Combine dry ingredients
  1. Whisk the all-purpose flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt together until evenly combined, with no visible streaks.
Mix into a thick dough
  1. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until a thick dough forms, with flour fully incorporated and the dough clinging together.
Chill the dough
  1. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes to firm it up so the cookies hold their shape.
Bake
  1. Scoop dough onto a lined sheet pan and bake at 350°F for 11-13 minutes, until the edges are set while the centers look slightly soft.

Notes

Pro tip: watch the butter closely as it browns—once it starts coloring, it can go from nutty to burnt quickly. Store baked cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Freezing is yes: freeze baked cookies up to 2 months and thaw at room temperature. For a gluten-free option, use a 1:1 gluten-free all-purpose flour blend and keep everything else the same.