Pumpkin and cinnamon cookies

These lightly spiced cookies are delicious with a cup of hot chocolate

Pumpkin and cinnamon cookies

SERVES

18

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

12

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 220g soft butter

  • 120g golden caster sugar

  • 150g muscovado sugar

  • 1 egg, lightly beaten

  • 225g pumpkin, roasted and purĂ©ed

  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

  • 1 tsp cake spice

  • 1 tsp bread soda

  • 240g self-raising flour

  • A pinch of sea salt

Method

  1. Pre heat your oven to 180°C and line two baking trays with parchment.

  2. Cream the butter with both of the sugars until light and fluffy.

  3. Mix the egg and pumpkin purée until well combined.

  4. Sieve the cinnamon, cake spice and bread soda into the flour and mix well.

  5. Then mix the three bowls of ingredients together until completely combined.

  6. Spoon a dessertspoon-sized balls of the dough onto the prepared baking trays, leaving about two inches between each scoopful. Sprinkle the balls with a little sea salt. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until golden around the edges. Once cool enough to handle place on a wire rack.

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