Ingredients
- 3 oz (room temperature) Cream Cheese
- 1/2 cup (1 stick room temperature) Butter unsalted
- 1/2 cup (106 g) Light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (99 g) Sugar white
- 1 cup Pumpkin puree
- 1 Egg
- 1 TBSP Orange zest
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2-3/4 cups (330 g) All purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1 cup Raisins
- 1 cup (chopped) Hazelnuts
- Sprinkle on top Powdered sugar
Directions
Debating on the fall cookie of the week at work, I was asked to make pumpkin cookies from a co-worker. I wanted more than just pumpkin in my cookies. Looking around my kitchen, I spotted an orange and thought orange zest would give my cookies a fresh taste. So to put nuts in or not was the question. Nuts would be fantastic, but did I want walnuts or something different?
I have bags of all kinds of nuts in my one cabinet and pulled out a bag of hazelnuts. They came chopped, so this would be perfect. I always like to throw in a handful of raisins just for the heck of it.
I decided to do a little research on hazelnuts and pumpkins. Hazelnuts have some fantastic health benefits. I had no idea they were this good for me, or I would have been backing with them all the time. Pumpkins are even better in health benefits. So this should make you feel better about cookies with pumpkin and hazelnuts.
Other Cookies to Try:
Fig Pecan Cookies with Honey Orange
Chocolate Orange with Hazelnuts Cookies
Tools I use:
OXO Good Grips Cookie Scoop, Small
My Weight KD-8000
KitchenAid 4.5 Stand Mixer
Steps
1 Done | Zest one orange and set aside. Weigh or measure the white and light brown sugars into a bowl and set that aside. In another bowl, weigh or measure the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and run a whisk through to blend. |
2 Done | In a stand or handheld mixer, blend the cream cheese and butter for about 2 minutes on medium speed. Add both sugars and mix for another couple of minutes. Next, add the egg and mix it through the sugar-butter mixture. Add the orange zest, vanilla extract, pumpkin puree, and blend until incorporated. |
3 Done | Gradually add the flour mixture and blend till the flour is incorporated. Stop the mixer and scrape down the bowl and across the bottom. Add the chopped hazelnuts plus the raisins and blend through for about 30 seconds or till it looks mixed into the dough. Cover loosely and refrigerate for 30 minutes. |
4 Done | Preheat the over to 350° while the dough is in the refrigerator. Line cookie pans with parchment paper. Taking a small cookie scoop, place twelve scoops on the pan and bake for 11-13 minutes. After removing the cookies out of the oven, move to a cookie rack to cool. I have a powdered sugar shaker and dust the sugar on top of the cookies after they have completely cooled. |
