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Chocolate Dipped Pumpkin Cookies

5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 26 minutes
Course Cookies, Holidays
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup room temperature butter
  • 1 egg room temperature
  • 1 1/4 granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

sugar coating

  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Chocolate Coating

  • Ghiradelli Dark chocolate melting wafers or your favorite chocolate
  • Optional Fall sprinkles

Instructions
 

  • Mix in a medium bowl flour, pumpkin spice, baking soda, baking powder , salt and set aside
  • In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter, pumpkin , sugar and egg until smooth.
  • Add the vanilla
  • Add a little of the four mixture to the wet ingredients , blending as you go
  • Once everything is blended cover the dough and chill for at least an hour
  • Once dough is chilled
  • Preheat oven to 350 Degrees
  • Line cookie sheets with parchment paper
  • In a small bowl mix sugar and cinnamon
  • Use a 1 1/2 Tablespoon cookie scoop out dough
  • Roll in a ball
  • Roll ball in the sugar mixture
  • Place ball of dough on a cookie sheet about 2 inches apart
  • Slightly flatten balls with the bottom of a cup dipped in the sugar
  • Bake for 11-13 minutes
  • When they come out of the oven let them cool for 5 minutes then transfer them to a cooling rack(if you are impatience you can place the rack in the freezer for 10 minutes)
  • Once all of the cookies are completely cooled you can prepare the chocolate.
  • In a small prep cup I melted about a 1/2 a cup at a time in the microwave following the packages directions
  • I had to refill a few times a used about 1 1/2 cups for these cookies
  • Once the chocolate is melted dip half of the cooled cookie in the chocolate and place on waxed paper
  • If using sprinkles apply them immediately after dipping

Notes

This recipe makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies
I recommend Ghiradelli Dark chocolate melting wafers but you can use your favorite 
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