My mom created this very yummy recipe for pumpkin cookies and we were both very pleased with them! I really couldn’t resist them even though I’ve been cutting back considerably on eating honey and dried fruit these days.
She based this recipe on my other grain-free cookie recipe. But these are much more moist and plump. If you love soft-baked cookies, these are for you.
Pumpkin Spice Egg-free Cookie Recipe (wheat, gluten, grain, sugar, and dairy free)
2 cups nut flour – almond, hazelnut, pecan would all work
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted (you can use melted butter too)
1/4 cup honey or other sweetener of choice
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda (delete for GAPS)
3 heaping tablespoons nut butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. nutmeg
about ¾ cup pumpkin
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins or currants
Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Grease 2 cookie sheets with butter or oil. Make spoonfuls the size of tablespoons and plop them onto the cookie sheet, spacing them out so that you have about 12 to a sheet. My mom said the recipe made 4 dozen cookies.
3. Bake for 12 minutes or until cooked through. Remove from oven, let cool for about five minutes. Then remove with a spatula and serve. Yum!
These look fantastic! We might just have to make these today!
The recipe sounded great, but they turned out rather dry. I made half the recipe as stated above (which were very dry) and added 2 tablespoons of fresh pumpkin puree to the other half of the batch. This helped tremendously- they sort of tasted like a pumpkin, raisin, walnut scone!
Hi Melissa,
It’s very possible that in the process of halving the recipe, it became more dry for some reason. This happens to me a lot when I’m either halving or doubling a recipe. But I think you were right to just add more pumpkin – they sound great! It’s interesting because the ones my mom made were very very moist. Have a great day!
Sarah
I got excited when the recipe said “sugar free” but it has honey which is “sugar”. Honey, molasses, maple syrup, fruit all are a form of sugar. Really hard to find true sugar free recipes. And no toxic artificial sweeteners!