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These Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cookies are unbelievably simple, soft, and full of fall flavor. Baked with coconut flour they make a great Fall low carb and gluten-free cookie.
As with all pumpkin recipes the kitchen smelt divine when they were baking. The smell of the pumpkin spices makes you want to bake all day.Or nip out and purchase a pumpkin spice candle if you are a pumpkin lover too!
These keto pumpkin cream cheese cookies are soft and chewy. If you are looking for a cookie with a crunch, these are not it. They did not harden after being in the fridge overnight as much as I thought that they might.
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- Can These Cookies be Made with Almond Flour?
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Pumpkin Cookie Ingredients
I didn’t add an egg to this cookie mixture unlike my cream cheese cookie recipe as the pumpkin puree makes this cookie batter moist enough.
- Pumpkin puree - check the can for added sugar and try to avoid the pumpkin pie filling cans as that can be full of sugar.
- Low Carb Sweetener - we used allulose but any other low carb sweetener such as monkfruit or erythritol can be used.
- Pumpkin spice - if you can find it in the stores, you can make your own blend from cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice and nutmeg.
I found these pumpkin cream cheese cookies to be very filling. At only 1g net carbohydrates each I was tempted to gorge myself on a plateful but just could not manage more than a couple at time. Which is probably a good thing since I baked 3 batches. That would have been rather shameful to confess to!
How to Make Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cookies
Whisk the ingredients for a smooth cookie batter.
Use a cookie scoop to place the cookie dough on a baking sheet.
Spread the cookie balls out and mark with a fork
Bake until golden.
Recipe Tips
These pumpkin cookies are delicate and almost like pumpkin cheesecake cookies, as they are soft in texture. They need to be cooled before handling. When kept in the fridge overnight they will firm up slightly.
When we cook our cookies we carefully move the parchment paper from the baking sheet onto a wire rack, rather than picking up a cookie. They will break if handled when warm.
The butter and cream cheese need to be at room temperature before mixing. The softer they are, the smoother the cookie batter will be.
Storage
Store the cookies in the fridge in an airtight container and they should last up to 5 days.
Can These Cookies be Made with Almond Flour?
If you are not a fan of coconut flour, almond flour can be used but you will need to at least double the quantity and add an egg.
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This recipe was originally published in September 2017. The photographs and content have been updated but the recipe remains the same.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cookies
Angela Coleby
Pumpkin, spices and cream cheese come together in these soft, tender, pumpkin cream cheese cookies made with coconut flour.
4.63 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
Servings 16 Cookies
Calories 89 kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup Coconut flour
- 3 oz Cream cheese softened
- ½ cup Pumpkin puree
- ½ cup Butter, unsalted softened
- ½ cup Allulose or other low carb sweetener
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F degrees.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk the butter and allulose (or sugar substitute of choice).
Add the cream cheese, vanilla extra and pumpkin and whisk until smooth.
Add the coconut flour, pumpkin spices and salt and beat until combined. The mixture will be sticky.
Wet your hands and take a ball of the dough.
Place on the baking tray and repeat for the rest of the dough.
Gently press down on the dough balls, either with a spoon or your hands.
Use a fork to make a pattern.
Bake for 25 minutes until golden.
Allow to completely cool on a wire rack before handling. The cookies firm up after being stored in the fridge overnight.
Notes
Makes 16 medium cookies
The net carbs will be the total carb count minus the fibre count. Carb count excludes sugar alcohols.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 89kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 1gFat: 8gFiber: 2g
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator.
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Comments
JACLYN
Would love some help ....made these and they didn't bake all the way through...seemingly to liquidy? I used monk fruit, does that alter the recipe?
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Angela Coleby
It shouldn't make a difference. I wonder if it's the coconut flour brand? I'm going to bake a batch this week to see if I find any problems.
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Kelly
They started amazing! Should I store these in the refrigerator though?
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Angela Coleby
I store mine in the fridge and find that they firm up over night.
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Dianne West
Just made a batch -- oh my gosh!!! They may not make it to cooling, just sayin'...!
I think next time I will make them bite sized since they are a very delicate little cookie. I used Swerve confectionery sugar measured by weight since I am new to Keto baking and I have read that ethrytol can be grainy when used in baking, but I think I will try the regular next time. Has anyone else experimented with both? Any suggestions regarding which you thought was best? Regardless, I loved these little pieces of heaven!Reply
Angela Coleby
Delighted you enjoy these!
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Lissette
I am not sure what i dis wrong but cookies came out super soft and crumbled easily!
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Kristy Howard
I recently made these pumpkin cream cheese cookies for the moms in our homeschooling community and they were a big hit! Very soft and a bit rich; lovely variation from traditional bars and cookies.
I will definitely make them again and will be trying your other cream cheese cookie recipes.
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Angela Coleby
Thank you Kristy! Try the walnut ones and let me know what you think!
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Jessie Johnson
Would these freeze well? Like if I made a double batch?
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Angela Coleby
I can't see why they shouldn't freeze.
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Anjannette Libby
I just made these, added an egg..but was scared to use that much sweetner, I should have but still a great little snack. Added a squirt of Whip Crean to the top ,along side my Unsweetened Almond Milk.. JOY!!
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Angela Coleby
Glad to hear you enjoyed them!
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Becky
I wondered about the lack of egg myself. Made them without the egg and they were good but the cookie really crumbled upon first bite and didn't hold together. Next time I will either add egg or make them smaller so they are truly bite sized.
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Sandy
I just took mine out of the oven and they are yummy...I used 1/4 cup each of coconut and almond flour and 1/4 cup each of Pyure sugar and coconut sugar. As soon as they came out of the oven I topped them with grated chocolate from Lintz's 90% cacao bar. Love the texture and softness of the cookie.
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Angela Coleby
Glad you enjoyed them!
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Aleaaha
Made these with an egg added and peanut butter subbed for the pumpkin drizzled with bakers chocolate, YUM!!
I see many opportunities with this, thank you!Reply
Angela Coleby
OMG that's sound delicious! Next time photos to share and drool over please!!!
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Courtney B
Just made these with my little girls. They're delicious!
Did you try it with an egg? Wondering if that would make them a bit less delicate.
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Angela Coleby
No I haven't but let me know if you use one for your next batch! Glad you enjoyed them!
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Melana
I added a couple TBS of pumpkin seeds to mine....they were yummy! 🙂
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Angela Coleby
Great idea!
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HOLLY
I'm adding some sugar free chocolate chips. Even the dough tastes amazing.
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Angela Coleby
Good call!!
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