These Healthy Almond Flour Pumpkin Cookies are easy to make and perfect for the entire family to enjoy. Naturally sweetened with date sugar, gluten-free, and with a soft texture kind of like a cookie-muffin. Give them a try and enjoy the Fall season with lots of pumpkin recipes and ideas for your family.
Healthy Almond Flour Pumpkin Cookies
Halloween is just around the corner and I wanted to try a new pumpkin recipe. Did you know that some people actually just buy pumpkins for decoration and after carving, throw away the eatable and best part? Yes! It makes me so sad and I always think: “OMG” what a waste! Pumpkin is so delicious and nutritious. Why not make delicious pumpkin recipes, teach kids where real food comes from, and get some of the many great benefits of eating pumpkin?
Ok, so let me show you a quick, easy to make recipe using pumpkin. Please don’t throw any pumpkins away…….EVER! This almond flour pumpkin cookies recipe is a great example of what you can do with your pumpkin after carving. Delicious cookies that are actually GOOD for you!
Pumpkin cookies sweetened with date sugar
I tried to use the best ingredients possible and no refined sugars. The results? Just fell in love with my healthy almond flour pumpkin cookies and making them was a fun activity for the family as well.
For this cookie recipe I chose date sugar
because it is a natural form of sugar, and also gives great flavor to any baking recipe. Remember that it is best to switch to healthier and unrefined ingredients If you are tying to improve your diet.
Almond flour pumpkin cookies smell and taste amazing
Good to know also this recipe incorporates top of the line ingredients like almond flour
,coconut oil
,and ghee
. The cookies were ready in less than 30 minutes and the smell coming out of the oven was just wonderful for a fall evening. My pumpkin cookies have a soft texture, kind of like a muffin. Fall scents and cozy feelings is what these amazing pumpkin cookies bring.
If you want to try regular almond flour cookies, please see my Perfect Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe. There is nothing compared to the smell of homemade cookies coming out of the oven. Something I want my kids to grow up with definitely. Oh, and if you love chocolate, you can make this recipe adding 1/4 cup chocolate chips. Pumpkin desserts go really well with chocolate too.
Don’t hesitate to try this pumpkin cookies recipe
Try this Healthy Almond Flour Pumpkin Cookies recipe and surprise your family and friends with a healthy Halloween treat! Also great for Halloween school parties (if they don’t have a peanut free policy) or just to share them at home. If you are thinking of throwing a party please see my 5 Healthy Halloween Fun Food Ideas post. You will find more than 5 super healthy and fun ideas, including lots of fruit ideas for Halloween.
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Healthy Almond Flour Pumpkin Cookies
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12 Cookies 1x
Description
Delicious cookies made with no refined sugar and nutritious pumpkin. Perfect baking recipe for the Fall season. Gluten free and no refined sugars.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tbsp ghee (you can use butter also)
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (cook pumpkin and then blend with a little water)
- 3 tbsp date sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips *optional
- Pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a medium size bowl place the almond flour, baking powder and pinch of salt and mix well.
- Add the pumpkin puree, egg, date sugar, and vanilla extract and mix well again. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Mix well again.
- In a cookie baking sheet on top of parchment paper, make round cookies with the dough using your hands.
- Bake for about 15-18 minutes.
- Enjoy
Notes
You can also add 1/4 cup of chocolate chips if you want some chocolate flavor to your pumpkin cookies.
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: almond flour pumpkin cookies, gluten free pumpkin cookies, healthy pumpkin cookies, easy pumpkin cookies
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Elizabeth says
These look delicious! I’m going to sub the egg for a flax egg but I will give these a try this weekend.
Leslie says
It does not indicate when to add the oil and butter. Why use our hands to make the cookies?
Creative And Healthy Fun Food says
Hi, after you mix the dry ingredients you can add the rest in no specific order. It is really up to you if you want to use your hands. If you have a mixer then it is easier 🙂
Jessica says
Well it matters because we don’t know if the butter or coconut oil is to go into the dough or to grease the pan. I had to look through the comments to find how to use the rest of the ingredients. Just an fyi 🙂
Creative And Healthy Fun Food says
Thank you for your comment. I will review the instructions soon.
Lisa says
It still doesn’t tell me when to add the butter and coconut oil and this is three years ago! reading through the comments now to figure it out. Also, the ads are totally in the way of your content.
Creative Healthy Family says
So sorry! I will update it ASAP.
J says
I think that if people have been baking LONG ENOUGH, you can figure out when to add the butter / oil. No need to be mean to the author.
Michael Maasen says
I have made it both ways, with and without butter and oil. The butter and oil are not required, but it does make the cookies smoother.
Also, The cookies do not flatten in the oven. Take wax paper and press down on them before you bake them.
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Creative And Healthy Fun Food says
Thank you for the tips.
Ashlyn says
Yummm!! These look great and perfect for fall.
Creative And Healthy Fun Food says
Thank you!
Heather says
Every blog has ads, I don’t know why people complain about them, and I think the recipe is great, but then again I know how to bake and can extrapolate how to use oil in recipe! Thanks!
joan says
The cookies just came out of the oven and I ate one. All I can say it is YUMMY! I melted the coconut oil and the butter because I find it easier to work with. The only difference I made was adding cinnamon and nutmeg to the dough. I am bringing them to dinner at a friends Saturday night. She is gluten free and I know she wont share. Ha! Ha! I know all will love them. Can’t wait to check out more of your recipes. Have a great day.
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Creative Healthy Family says
So happy you liked the recipe 🙂