Pumpkin Cookies – Vegan and Delicious!

Name: Pumpkin Cookies - Vegan and Delicious!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 100g flour; 30g potato starch (alternatively, maizena); 50g caster sugar; 4g yeast for desserts; Pinch of salt; Zest from ½ orange; 40g flavorless oil; 100g cooked pumpkin; For the coating:; 3 tbps of sugar and 1 tsp of ground cinnamon; 3 tbsp icing sugar

by Micaela Harrasser October 2, 2023

October 2, 2023

These delicious cookies are the perfect treat to kick off autumn season and its star: pumpkin!

I am absolutely obsessed with it – in fact, it’s definitely one of my favorite foods! So when season comes, I try to make the most of it and get my hands on as many pumpkins as I can! Do you have a favorite? Mine is by far Mantovana (also known as Kabocha): it has a dark green shell, and the sweetest flavor ever. The best. In the upcoming weeks, you’ll notice quite some orange from my recipes 😉

Now, back to the cookies! They are super easy and quick to make – even quicker if you can use pumpkin that has been pre-cooked! A tip for pre-cooking: I usually cut the pumpkin into cubes and either microwave it (10 min covered at max power is usually enough), or roast it with very little oil and some seasonings (herbs) for savory dishes.

These cookies are vegan (I use flavorless oil, usually from peanut or sunflower seeds). They have a soft, rich heart and a crunchy, sweet shell. As final touch to make them even more irresistible, the orange zest – it goes so well with pumpkin! Let me know if you try them 😉

Pumpkin Cookies - Vegan and Delicious!

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 10 min Cooking Time: 15 min 15 min Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Ingredients

100g flour

30g potato starch (alternatively, maizena)
50g caster sugar
4g yeast for desserts
Pinch of salt
Zest from ½ orange
40g flavorless oil
100g cooked pumpkin

For the coating:

3 tbps of sugar and 1 tsp of ground cinnamon
3 tbsp icing sugar

Instructions

Turn on the oven to 180C.
In a bowl, mix the flour, yeast, sugar, orange zest and potato starch.
Add the cooked pumpkin to a stand mixer, otherwise to a bowl (if you want to use a blender instead).
Mix in the oil, and blitz until you get a soft cream.
Add it to the dry ingredients.
Mix with a spatula until everything is well incorporated.
The dough should be soft and hydrated, but not sticky.
Prepare the garnishing into two separate bowls: in one, add sugar + cinnamon and mix. In the other, add the icing sugar.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
With a tablespoon, take off pieces of the dough and make it a ball with your palms.
Roll the dough ball into the sugar + cinnamon until covered.
Then, transfer to the bowl with icing sugar and repeat.
Transfer to the baking tray.
Repeat until the tray is full (leave some space between them) or when you run out of dough.
Place in the middle of the oven and cook for about 15 minutes.
Take out and let it cool off before serving. Enjoy!