Description
Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are a cozy fall treat featuring soft centers, chewy edges, and melty chocolate. Brown butter adds a rich, nutty note while blotted pumpkin keeps the texture pillowy rather than cakey. A warm blend of pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon makes every bite aromatic, and a quick chill helps lock in chewiness. Bake these with coffee or cider for a comforting autumn dessert, yielding 15 cookies.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup pumpkin purée, blotted with paper towels
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until it turns golden brown and smells nutty. Remove from heat and let cool for 10–15 minutes.
- In a bowl, whisk brown butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until smooth.
- Add egg yolk and vanilla extract, mixing well.
- Gently blot pumpkin purée with paper towels to remove excess moisture, then stir into the batter.
- Add flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mix just until combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Chill dough for 1 hour for best chewy texture.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop dough into balls and place on baking sheet.
- Bake for 11–13 minutes until edges are set and centers look slightly underbaked.
- Cool on pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
- Brown butter adds a deep nutty flavor—watch it closely so it doesn’t burn.
- Blotting the pumpkin purée helps keep cookies chewy rather than cakey.
- Chilling the dough helps prevent spreading and enhances chewiness.
- Avoid overbaking; cookies should look set at the edges but be slightly soft in the center.
- Yield is about 15 cookies; adjust baking time if making more batches.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 11–13 minutes per batch
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
Keywords: Chewy pumpkin cookies, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, fall cookies, brown butter cookies, pumpkin spice cookies, cozy cookies, bake with pumpkin