Pumpkin Spice Soft Cookies

The trees are turning orange and yellow, the mornings get chilly and foggy. My morning milk teas contain the double amount of cinnamon and apples never tasted better.

Fall is THE season of the pumpkin and Halloween. Even though we don't really celebrate Halloween here in Switzerland, I've always had a weakness for it. Skulls, bones, fog, mysterious and witchy things. Magic and black cats and ravens. I could go on and on but you all know what I'm talking about 🌙

Even though I don't celebrate, I love having some pumpkins and fall decoration around.

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And to get more into the fall mood, I decided to create a recipe with pumpkins. I'm not that much into savory pumpkin dishes but I really like them in desserts. So that's how this Halloween recipe came together.

The cookies taste kinda like gingerbread cookies. But they're pumpkin spiced and contain pumpkin puree and so they look orange/yellow. Like the perfect spooky color.

I didn't use any refined sugar as usual BUT I coated them with dark chocolate and decorated them with frosting. What you do with that is up to you: Leave them plain to keep them healthy or coat them in all the sinful chocolate (it's Halloween, so why not 👻). It's all about the balance. But if you want to make them healthy but still want to enjoy them with chocolate, try the chocolate from my chocolate treat recipe.

I wish you all a happy (early) Halloween! Stay spooky 🎃

PUMPKIN SOFT COOKIES
vegan - glutenfree - free from refined sugar - oil free
Makes 16 to 18 cookies

Ingredients
3 cups of (glutenfree) oats
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
3-4 tsp pumpkin spice
1/2 cup buckwheat flour

1 cup pumpkin puree (I used homemade)
1/4 cup maple syrup (add more if you don't coat them with chocolate)
1 tsp brown almond butter

200g dark chocolate
2 tbsp powdered sugar
1 tsp lemon juice

Preparation
1. Add the oats into your blender and blend until you have oat flour.
2. Combine all the ingredients from the first section in a bowl.
3. Combine all the ingredients from the second section in a separate bowl.
4. Combine wet and dry and knead your dough.
5. Form cookies and bake at 180°C (circulating air) for 12-14 minutes,
6. Let the cookies cool and coat them with the dark chocolate.
7. Decorate with the frosting: Bones, spiderwebs, spiders, skulls, graves, ghosts or scary faces.

Enjoy!

Tip: Store them in the fridge to last longer.

You're more a cake person? Check out my Apple Streusel recipe HERE.