Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft chewy spiced pumpkin oatmeal cookies with sweet white chocolate chips. The perfect chewy pumpkin white chocolate cookie.
Growing up, the only pumpkin cookies I ever tasted were thick and cakey. I wondered if there could be a better way? Was it possible to create a soft and chewy pumpkin cookie rather than a cakey one? I am here to tell you...YES! This is a perfectly CHEWY pumpkin cookie.
I was ecstatic when I first tasted a batch of my chewy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I literally made them three times within one week because we were devouring them so quickly!
Since pumpkin pairs so well with white chocolate, I knew that I needed to make a pumpkin white chocolate cookie recipe. This is such a simple recipe because the dough is made in one saucepan! You don't even need to bring out the hand mixer, the KitchenAid, or the Bosch mixer. This is as easy as it gets.
What makes these Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies so special? It all starts with melting the butter in a saucepan which invokes a richer toffee flavor. A touch of oatmeal also helps to create a chewy pumpkin cookie. A reason why pumpkin cookies turn out cakey is excess flour this recipe doesn't call for as much flour as cakey pumpkin cookies.
How to make Chewy Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies:
- Melt butter slowly in a saucepan. This isn't a fully browned butter cookie so you are looking for the butter to melt and start to bubble. Remove from heat and add brown sugar and sugar. Stir for about 2 minutes, or until the mixture is glossy smooth. This is an important step to remove all graininess from the sugars and make sure it is smooth as silk.
- Let mixture cool for at least 5-10 minutes before adding egg yolk and vanilla. The extra vanilla helps to mellow out the pumpkin flavor.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients, except for the white chocolate chips. It may still be a tad too warm to add the white chocolate. Place the dough in the refrigerator to chill for about 15 minutes.
- Stir in white chocolate chips. My favorite brands are Guittard and Ghirardelli.
- Bake until edges start to get barely golden brown. Let the cookies set up on baking sheet for 5-10 minutes before removing cookies.
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Chewy Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1 large Egg Yolk
- 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- ⅔ cup Unsweetened Pumpkin Puree
- 2 ½ cups Flour
- 1 cup Oats
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
- ¾ teaspoon Cinnamon
- 2 cups White Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar and sugar. Stir for 2-3 minutes or until it becomes silky smooth and glossy. Let cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Stir in vanilla and egg yolk. After it is completely mixed, stir in pumpkin puree.
- Add flour, oats, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice. Stir well to incorporate ingredients.
- Let chill for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir in white chocolate chips.
- Using a cookie scoop or two spoons, drop cookie dough on baking sheets, lined with parchment paper or Silpat. Bake for 10-13 minutes or until lightly golden brown on edges. Let set up for 5-10 minutes before removing from pan.
Happy Baking, my friends!
Jackie Reid
I followed the recipe as is but instead of melting the butter, I just beat the butter and sugars. I used ALL the white chips too! It was the perfect amount for a cookie-do not reduce that! I baked for 10 minutes and they came out amazing! I also added a touch of maple extract, which really gave them a fall feel. Yum!!! Thank you for a delicious go-to pumpkin cookie!
Sarah
These came out really soft. They were pretty good but I think the brown sugar could be reduced to 3/4 cup. And definitely reduce the white chips by at least half a cup. I thought there were too much white chocolate chips in my first tray I made so I ended up picking some out before baking the rest. I am hoping my family likes these as the recipe made two dozen, I'm bringing them over for Thanksgiving. I am curious how these would taste with chocolate chips, might try that next time.
Brittany
Made exactly as directed (except I used margarine instead of butter) and I was absolutely blown away by how fantastic these were! Great fall flavor and PERFECT chewy texture. Super easy too.
To answer others' questions: I used old fashioned oats.
Marisa Padilla
Alright so I just made these puppies and I highly recommend chilling the dough longer and tbh I added like a tiny bit more flour, lowered vanilla to 2 tsp. Old fashioned oats were fine for me, but yeah chill the dough longer and if you don’t want crispy uneven edges, I rolled them into balls and they came out so chewy and delicious. Flavors on point but small changes elevated the cookie
Monica
I wanted to make a different kind of fall cookie. These did not disappoint. Delicious
Aryn
The flavor of these cookies is spot-on! However, the cookies turned out cake-like. They are not thick and dense, but they fall apart like a moist, crumbly cake. I wish they had more of a cookie texture, though. Could creaming together room-temp butter (instead of hot, melted) with the sugars help give it a little crunch for the outside?
Aryn
UPDATE: Creaming room-temperature butter with the sugar made a huge difference! The dough was more like cookie dough and less like cake batter when I did this.
Nicole
I found these to not be as chewy as I expected them to be. They turned out rather cakey still. I’m wondering what I did wrong as I followed the directions perfectly.
GK
Could I leave out the oats and replace with equal amount of flour? Does she ever reply to our questions?!
Kendra
I love this recipe!
I haven’t tried any other pumpkin cookie recipes but I doubt that I will. This is a very soft cookie with a mellow pumpkin flavor. I also put a LOT of white chocolate chips just in case I wasn’t crazy about the flavor and I was worried that it would be overkill but it wasn’t. I can hardly taste the white chocolate chips and my husband said the same. I doubled this recipe and it made me 65 cookies that were 2 Tbsp. I can’t wait to share them at work!
GK
Could I omit the oats? Replace with equal amount of flour? Does the author reply to our questions?!
Carol Corcoran
I wondered about leaving out the oats as well...
Tasha
I know that this recipe is a few years old but I just made it last night and the cookies are to die for!!! So soft it is taking a lot of willpower to not eat them all in one sitting! Thanks for sharing!
Leigh
When you made these, after you mixed in the flour and oats, was the dough a lot thinner than a regular cookie dough? I make cookies all the time and I’ve never had a dough this loose. Cookie dough is normally much firmer.
Aryn
I had this same problem. The dough was so thin and made the cookies come out like moist, crumbly cakes. I learned it was from melting the butter as the recipe says to do. Instead, cream the sugar with room temperature butter. This way, the texture of the dough is more cookie-like and way less cake-like
Marisa Padilla
Chill the dough longer/ add a tiny bit more flour
DGS HEALTH
wow, this cockies idea with pumpkin is amazing.
Taryn White
I have never been good at making the cakey pumpkin cookies, but these I made and they are delicious! I doubled the recipe and no problems! Thank you for sharing!
Ginger Benson
These were fantastic!! I used old fashion oats. I’ve made them twice now in two days. The second time, I made a double batch. Everybody loved these cookies and they are by far a favorite of mine too! Thanks for the recipe!
donna
have you tried making the dough ahead of time and refrigerating? was wondering if the oats held up?
Courtney
What kind of oats? Old fashioned or quick?
Bluewolf
What kind of oats, the big long cook ones or the quick cook ones?
Rachel
I’ve made these 4 times in the past month for different events. Perfect for fall time, and so easy to make. Basically fool proof. Everyone gave fabulous reviews, including my sister who had them 5 days old!
A fun break from the traditional cookie 🙂
Mimi
Was curious if the oats are quick oats or old fashioned? Thank you!
Kristi
Would it be okay to freeze the dough overnight and bake the next day? I cannot wait to try these!
Lori Woodman
I wanted to bake some cookies for a friend whose husband just lost his job. Love the "cakey" pumpkin cookies but decided to give these a try! They were a hit with my friend, her husband, and my family who are not big fans of cookies that aren't chocolate chip. Thanks for sharing the recipe!