pumpkin ginger cookies

by simplynutritiouskate on October 23, 2011

Happy Sunday I hope you all are having a wonderful, relaxing weekend! Things have been busy around here lately with midterms and unfortunately I haven’t been spending as much time as I would like in the kitchen. Although after a few hours yesterday cooking with my roommate and two successful dishes I feel refreshed. The first of my creations yielded a delicious cookie, perfect for the chilly weather we’ve been having here lately.

Pumpkin Ginger Cookies

adapted from two peas & their pod

Ingredients:

½ cup of earth balance, at room temperature

1/2 cup raw cane sugar, plus more for rolling the cookies

½ cup of pure pumpkin

¼ cup of unsulphured molasses

1 Tbsp flax seed + 3 tbsp warm water

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 ⅓ cups whole wheat pastry

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together earth balance and sugar until light and fluffy. In another bowl whisk together the flax and water and let sit until a gel forms. Stir into butter mixture with vanilla, pumpkin, and molasses, stir until completely combined. In another bowl whisk together dry ingredients, fold into wet and stir until just combined. Scoop out mixture into balls and roll in cane sugar. Place on a lined baking sheet and bake about 11 minutes. Let cool completely!

Sweet, spicy and chewy these cookies have the most amazing texture and delicious fall flavor.

The sugar coating gives these cookies a nice crunchy exterior & the addition of pumpkin makes them extremely moist and irresistible.

Questions:

What is your favorite fall cookie: definitely ginger

Best thing you did this weekend? went out with my roommate

I’m off to jump in the shower and get ready for a bachelorette party @ Lover’s Leap winery and my dad is coming to visit later tonight! Ill see you tomorrow with a new recipe & recap!

Cheers to a great week ahead

Kate

Tagged as: cooking, fall, lovers leap, pumpkin ginger cookies, vegan

{ 25 comments }

1 Char October 23, 2011 at 11:12 am

That bite you took out of the cookies reiterates how good they look. I LOVE chewy, soft cookies. My fave cookie right now (I don’t think it’s necessarily a fall cookie, but I can’t get enough) is chocolate chip…vegan chocolate chip that is. And no one even knows they’re vegan when they’re eating them which is the best part! Happy Sunday back at ya. Time for me to get back to studying too!

2 simplynutritiouskate October 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm: ooh I know they are even better than they look!! boo for studying

3 Abby @ Abz 'n' Oats October 23, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Yum! There is just nothing better than a cookie with crispy edges but a nice chewy center! I don’t really have favorite cookies based on the season. I’m just a cookie monster!

The best thing I did this weekend was bowling with a group of friends! It was nice to get out of the house for a change!

4 MOM October 23, 2011 at 5:20 pm

send some home with your Dad!

5 simplynutritiouskate October 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm: they’re almost gone… maybe ill make something tomorrow! thanks for my teapot

6 Lori@FakeFoodFree October 23, 2011 at 5:42 pm

This is such a great idea! I love ginger cookies and have never thought to put pumpkin in them. I’m hoping to make some with sorghum for the holidays. Maybe I’ll add some pumpkin now too!

7 simplynutritiouskate October 23, 2011 at 9:01 pm: pumpkin definitely helps keep them moist but not too fluffy I love it!

8 Kathleen October 23, 2011 at 8:13 pm

Oh my gosh those sound good!

9 Lisa October 23, 2011 at 8:20 pm

These look so good! I love molasses cookies (even though I haven’t made them recently because everyone tells me they’re too sweet…so I end up “having” to eat all of them myself!).
Adding pumpkin is a fab idea!

10 simplynutritiouskate October 23, 2011 at 9:02 pm: I love molasses too, these aren’t super sweet even though they are rolled in sugar

11 Ami @ parsnips and pears October 23, 2011 at 9:31 pm

Ohhhh these look so yummy!! Hooray for fall and yummy pumpkin recipes

12 Haley @ Health Freak College Girl October 23, 2011 at 10:23 pm

this recipe is totally being saved

13 Jen@FoodFamilyFitness October 24, 2011 at 6:26 am

Sweet cookies, these look perfect! They look so good!!!!

14 MOM October 24, 2011 at 8:22 am

Let’s make these at Thankgiving

15 VeggieGirl October 24, 2011 at 8:44 am

I looove soft chewy cookies!!

16 rawkinmom October 24, 2011 at 8:55 am

the inside of these look so gooey and fabulous!!! Reminds me of a snickerdoodle!

17 Sara @ The Foodie Diaries October 24, 2011 at 10:18 am

I showed my roommates this recipe. Guess what we’re making for dessert tonight I’ll have to let you know how it turns out!!

18 simplynutritiouskate October 24, 2011 at 3:04 pm: yaay! let me know what you think

19 Anna @ The Guiltless Life October 24, 2011 at 12:19 pm

LOVE that these are made with molasses! I can totally handle molasses – I’m not as good with raw cane sugar but can easily swap in coconut sugar. Delish!

20 Christelle October 24, 2011 at 12:59 pm

These look like perfect gooey cookies! I’m definitely trying these when I have some left over pumpkin! Thanks for sharing

21 Jennifer (The Gourmetour) October 24, 2011 at 8:34 pm

Hillary’s Cookies brand (Vegan + GF cookies always) seasonal pumpkin cookies! They are no kidding the best thing I’ve ever tasted! SOoo yummy and perfect for fall

22 Jen October 24, 2011 at 10:28 pm

Pumpkin AND ginger? Well, that is just fall and holidays all wrapped up into sweetness there Love the dark interior – looks chewy – exactly what I like.

23 natalie October 25, 2011 at 9:32 pm