Day 5: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

I guess this is sort of another remix of a Gram Sturm classic. I used a pretty standard snickerdoodle recipe and added the pumpkin. And while it seems so simple, it's one of those magical combinations that makes you wonder why you hadn't thought of this before! That famous cinnamon and sugar sparkle snickerdoodles are famous for, pairs perfectly with the pumpkin - reminiscent of pumpkin pie or a pumpkin spice latte...

And the great thing is that now all the pumpkin is on sale at the store because it's "past" pumpkin season...ridiculous idea, but awesome for Lauren and fellow pumpkin fans...

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
makes about 30 cookies

• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 3/4 cups organic cane sugar (or brown sugar) plus 1/4 cup
• 1/2 cup Earth Balance vegan butter, softened
• 1 egg white
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 TBS ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400F and line baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl mix together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice. In another larger bowl, cream together sugar and butter until fluffy. Add egg white and pumpkin puree and blend thoroughly. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet and mix until completely incorporated. 

In another small bowl, mix together the rest of the sugar and cinnamon. Take about 1/2 TBS of dough, roll into a ball. Roll this ball in the cinnamon sugar mixture and place onto the baking sheet. Do this with the rest of the dough. Flatten each ball with the bottom of a glass, to about 1/2 inch thickness, leaving 2 inches between each cookie. Bake at 400F for 9-10 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Enjoy!

Roomie (and co-worker) Reactions...

Brittany: (about her 2nd cookie) "Mmmm...even better than the first one."

Vanessa: "They're so light! And I normally don't even like pumpkin!"

Stina: "It was like, fluffy! Yumm"

Jenna: "So soft and chewy!!!"

Mady: "So moist and yummilicious!"

Megan: "They were so good!"

Sara: "Omg!!!! The best everrrrrrr!!!"