Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Updated September 09, 2025
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Quick Summary
These soft Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are the ultimate fall cookie! Made with real pumpkin, cozy spices, and rolled in cinnamon sugar, they're the perfect treat for pumpkin lovers.
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Snickerdoodle cookies are my FAVORITE! I love a classic snickerdoodle cookies, but I also love mixing things up. Have you tried my brown butter salted caramel snickerdoodles? Or how about my chocolate snickerdoodles? They are all amazing!
Today, I'm introducing you to the perfect fall snickerdoodle cookie recipe: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles. Oh yes, you heard me correctly—PUMPKIN snickerdoodles! Pumpkin and snickerdoodles combined? Pretty much the best fall cookie ever!
These cookies are soft, sweet, and filled with cozy spices. The pumpkin adds just the right amount of flavor and moisture, and of course, they get the classic cinnamon sugar coating that makes snickerdoodles so irresistible.
Whether you're baking for a fall party, holiday gathering, or just because it's a crisp day and your kitchen needs to smell amazing, these Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are guaranteed to be a hit. Let's get baking!
Cookie Ingredients (with Helpful Notes)
- All-Purpose Flour: a good all-around flour for baking. I prefer unbleached all-purpose flour.
- Cream of Tartar: cream of tartar is the key ingredient in snickerdoodle cookies. It helps activate the baking soda and adds tanginess and chew to the cookies.
- Baking Soda: baking soda is a leavening agent and helps the cookies rise.
- Spices: these pumpkin snickerdoodles are loaded with spices: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice. The spices give the cookies lots of flavor!
- Butter: use unsalted butter and room temperature butter.
- Brown Sugar & Granulated Sugar: brown sugar adds richness and a slight molasses flavor and granulated sugar provides that classic snickerdoodle texture.
- Pumpkin: use canned pumpkin puree. Libby's is my favorite brand. Do not use pumpkin pie filling.
- Egg: binds the cookies together and keeps them moist.
- Vanilla Extract: use pure vanilla extract, it's the best and worth the extra money!
- Cinnamon & Sugar: before the cookies go into the oven, roll them in cinnamon and sugar. A snickerdoodle staple!
Tips for Perfect Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
- Don't pack your flour. When measuring flour, don't pack it in the cup. Fluff the flour, spoon it in the cup and then level it off with a knife. If you pack your flour the cookies will be too puffy and dry.
- Check expiration dates. Make sure your cream of tartar and baking soda are good. They do expire!
- Whisk the dry ingredients. Make sure you whisk together the dry ingredients so all of the spices get incorporated.
- Cream the butter, sugars, and pumpkin. Use a stand mixer with the beater blade or a hand mixer, to beat the butter, sugars, and pumpkin together. You want the mixture to be creamy and smooth.
- Don't over mix. When you add the dry ingredients, mix on low until JUST combined.
- Chill the dough. This is a MUST! I know it is annoying, but SO worth it! Chilling the dough prevents the cookies from spreading AND it brings out the flavors. I like to chill the dough for 24-48 hours so the flavors can chill out! I swear it makes the cookies even better. If you are in a rush, you can chill the dough for 30-60 minutes. Chilling also makes the cookies easier to roll into balls.
- Roll in cinnamon & sugar. Roll the cookies generously in the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Make sure the cookies are well coated!
- Don't over bake! You want the snickerdoodles to stay soft and chewy, so don't over bake! They will finish baking on the baking sheets as they cool.
- Pan Bang! I always bang the pans on the counter a couple of times right when they come out of the oven. This releases air pockets and creates slightly rippled edges and a chewier cookie.
- Set up. Let the snickerdoodles cool and set up on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Soft Pumpkin Snickerdoodles made with real pumpkin, warm spices, and coated in cinnamon sugar. A cozy fall twist on a classic cookie.
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pumpkin
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the Cinnamon Sugar Topping:
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula as necessary. Add the pumpkin and mix until well combined. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Don't over mix.
- Wrap the cookie dough in plastic wrap or put in a container. Chill the dough for at least 30 to 60 minutes. I prefer to chill the dough for 24 to 48 hours.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Line large baking sheets with Silpat baking mats or parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together granulated sugar and cinnamon. Shape the cookie dough into round balls, about 1 tablespoon per cookie. Roll the cookie dough balls in cinnamon sugar mixture until generously coated.
- Place on prepared baking sheets, about 2-inches apart.
- Bake cookies for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set around the edges but still soft in the center. Remove from the oven and immediately bang the baking sheet on the counter a few times. This will help remove some air pockets and create ripples around the edges. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer snickerdoodles to a cooling rack and cool completely.
Notes
How to Store & Freeze:
- After the pumpkin snickerdoodles are completely cooled, you can store them in an airtight container for up to 4 days on the counter. To keep the cookies super soft, place a piece of bread in the container. The bread will get hard, but the cookies will stay extra soft!
- You can also freeze pumpkin snickerdoodles for up to 2 months in a freezer container or bag. Defrost before enjoying, or you can eat them frozen. I am always up for a frozen cookie.
Nutrition
Calories: 128kcal, Carbohydrates: 19g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 18mg, Sodium: 111mg, Potassium: 53mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 301IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 11mg, Iron: 1mg
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