These Crumbl-style Pumpkin Spice Cookies are thick, soft, and packed with warm pumpkin flavor in every bite. Topped with a rich cream cheese frosting, they bring all the bakery-style fall flavor home without the bakery price.
Why You'll Love This Crumbl Pumpkin Spice Cookies Recipe
I'm sure you've all heard of Crumbl Cookies by now. They're the latest must-have cookie on the block and for good reason - they're delicious and amazing! They're known for their extra large, soft sugar cookies with an iconic look of swirled cream cheese or buttercream frosting.
Crumbl cookies are known for their signature softness, and this version is no exception. The dough combines flour, spices, and brown sugar to create a perfectly chewy and melt-in-your-mouth cookie base. Each bite is like a comforting hug in cookie form.
- Pumpkin Spice Perfection: This cookie is packed with the quintessential flavors of fall: warm pumpkin spice, sweet cinnamon, and a touch of nutmeg. It's like a warm hug on a crisp fall day.
- Soft and Chewy Texture: This cookie is not your average, dry and crumbly pumpkin cookie. It is incredibly soft and chewy, thanks to the use of brown sugar and cream cheese. It's like a pumpkin-flavored pillow for your taste buds.
- Easy to Make: Don't worry, you don't need to be a professional baker to make these cookies. They are surprisingly easy to make with simple ingredients. You'll be able to whip up a batch in no time!
Ingredients Overview
The cookies use pumpkin puree, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pantry baking staples for a soft, warmly spiced texture. A simple cream cheese frosting adds a tangy, sweet finish, with cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice sprinkled on top.
Full ingredient amounts and preparation instructions for these cookies are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
How To Make Crumbl Pumpkin Cookies
Based on a limited edition Crumbl cookie release, this soft pumpkin sugar cookie dough bakes up into a firm but tender cookie that is perfect topped with swirled cinnamon frosting.
Read on for our easy recipe that lets you enjoy these delicious Crumbl style cookies any day, whenever you feel like it.
Make The Crumbl Style Cookies Dough
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Prep the baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl cream the butter, salt, granulated sugar, and brown sugar, about 2 -3 mins.
- Add the egg, pumpkin, and vanilla extract to the butter & sugar mixture.
- Blend cookie batter until smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes.
- Mix in the dry ingredients using an electric hand mixer.
Shape Cookie Dough Into Balls and Bake
- Use a scoop to make 20 large balls. Place on the parchment lined cookie sheets.
- Flatten each cookie dough ball slightly with your hand before placing prepared and lined sheet pan of dough balls in the oven.
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes and then remove. Cool the cookies 5 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before frosting.
Make The Cream Cheese Frosting
- Mix the cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Slowly add the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract, with the cinnamon.
- Fill a piping bag fitted with a round piping tip (or cut a small hole in the corner of the bag) with the frosting.
- Make the signature Crumbl cookie look by piping a large swirl of frosting starting from the center of each cookie and swirling outwards.
- Lightly dust the tops of the frosted pumpkin cookies with cinnamon. Serve and enjoy.
Serving Suggestions
Serving Suggestions
Serve these pumpkin spice cookies with coffee, cold milk, or warm apple cider for an easy fall dessert. Their soft texture and cream cheese frosting also make them a great addition to holiday cookie trays.
For more variety, pair them with chocolate Reese's Pieces cookies and bakery-style chocolate chip cookies for a mix of warm spice, chocolate, and classic bakery flavors.
Substitutions and Variations
Here are some easy substitutions when making this recipe:
- You can use pumpkin pie seasoning blend instead of ground cinnamon, with a vary similar flavor profile.
- Libby's Canned Pumpkin is Gluten Free!
Tips for Success
Here are some tips for when you're baking these Crumbl style soft pumpkin cookies.
- Don't over bake the cookies, they continue to cook from the heat on the pan for a few minutes after you take them from the oven.
- Use sweet Ceylon cinnamon for the best cinnamon flavor.
- Use room temperature softened cream cheese when preparing the icing. Set out on the counter, cover with a clear glass bowl for about 30 to 40 minutes to hasten the softening if you forgot to take it out the night before.
- You can freeze the dough balls and make them at a later time. Freeze the dough in balls so that all you have to do it lay them on the baking sheet. Allow the dough balls an extra minute to bake.
Storage Options
- Store freshly baked soft, chewy pumpkin cookies in a plastic tub with an air tight seal.
- You can freeze these pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting for up to 3 months.
- Freeze dough balls on a tray in the freezer, then store in a plastic bag for baking later. When ready to bake, remove dough balls and bake, allowing for an extra minute.
- Defrost frozen cookies in the refrigerator overnight before serving.
Related Recipes
- Crumbl Blueberry Muffin Cookies
- Crumbl Churro Cookies
- Pumpkin Pie without Evaporated Milk
- Lofthouse Sugar Cookies
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Just wait for the buttercream frosting to firm up. Then layer your pumpkin cookies with parchment paper or wax paper between single layers of cookies in an air tight, freezer safe container.
Yes! But to make your life easier, make cookie balls first, place in a ziploc and freeze. This way you can pull out what you need. The individual balls will defrost much faster than a large container or frozen dough.
Use solid pack pumpkin. It's also called pumpkin puree and is 100% pure pumpkin without sugar or seasonings.
Dessert Recipes
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Crumbl Style Pumpkin Spice Cookie (Copycat)
Equipment
- Large Rimmed Cookie sheet with cooling racks
- Kitchenaid Handmixer
Ingredients
Soft Pumpkin Cookie Dough
- 1 cup Butter room temperature
- ¾ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup Brown sugar
- 1 Egg
- ½ cup Pumpkin puree
- 1½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 3⅓ cups Flour
- 2 teaspoon Pumpkin spice
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon ground
- 2 teaspoon Baking powder
Frosting
- 4 oz Cream cheese softened
- 2 oz Butter softened
- 1⅔ cuo Powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon Milk
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon Pumpkin Spice blend for frosting and garnish
Instructions
Soft Pumpkin Spice Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Prep the baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl cream the butter, salt, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.1 cup Butter, ¾ teaspoon Salt, 1 cup Granulated sugar, ⅔ cup Brown sugar
- Add the egg, pumpkin puree, and vanilla extract to the butter & sugar mixture. Blend until smooth.1 Egg, ½ cup Pumpkin puree, 1½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
- Mix in the flour, pumpkin spice blend, cinnamon, and baking powder using a mixer until your cookie dough has no flour steaks in it.3⅓ cups Flour, ½ teaspoon Cinnamon, 2 teaspoon Baking powder, 2 teaspoon Pumpkin spice
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop up the cookie dough into 20 large balls. Place on the parchment lined cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie slightly with your hand before placing in the oven to bake.
- Bake 15 - 18 minutes and then remove. Cool 5 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack. Let cookies cool completely before frosting.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Mix the cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Slowly add the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract, with the pumpkin spice or cinnamon.
- Fill a piping bag fitted with a round piping tip (or cut a small hole in the corner of the bag) with the frosting.½ teaspoon Pumpkin Spice blend
- Make the Crumbl signature cookie look by piping a large swirl of frosting starting from the center of the cookie outwards.
- Lightly dust the tops of the cookies with the last ½ teaspoon of Pumpkin Spice blend. Serve.
Notes
- You can use store bought frosting instead of homemade cream cheese frosting also.
- If you halve this recipe, use 1 egg yolk for the egg.
- Don't overbake these tender, soft pumpkin sugar cookies.
Alexis says
Delicious, I'm making this again!