These Brown Butter Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Cookies are a warm and cozy twist on a classic chocolate chip cookie. They are super rich with hints of nuttiness from the brown butter and a bit of warmth from the pumpkin pie spice. They are soft and chewy with a bit of a cakey texture due to the pumpkin, while still being dense enough to be considered a cookie and the warm melty chocolate brings it all together, creating a delicious bite that just melts in your mouth.
Why You Will Love These Cookies
- Flavor: There is just something magical that happens when you put butter in a saucepan and place it over heat until it turns golden and brown bits start to form. It transforms it into a nutty caramel flavored liquid that when added to recipes adds a richness and a complexity to that recipe. Then when combined with rich chocolate and the natural sweetness of pumpkin and warm spices, you have a treat that your surely wont be able to resist.
- Texture: These cookies are super soft and tender due to the addition of pumpkin puree.
- Chocolate Chunks: Unlike chocolate chips, when chocolate chunks melt, they creat pools of melty chocolate throughout the cookie
- Ease: These cookies are not only delicious but they are super easy to make which makes them the perfect treat when you are craving something sweet.
Tips For Making These Cookies
- Chocolate: These cookies contain chocolate chunks rather than chocolate chips. Chocolate bars contain more cocoa butter than chocolate chips which allows them to melt smoothly into the cookie.
- Room Temperature Ingredients: Having your ingredients at room temperature will allow them to blend into each other smoothly.
- Pumpkin: This recipe calls for pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling. It is also important that you drain the liquid from the pumpkin before adding it to your recipe. You can do this by placing the pumpkin puree in a shallow dish then blot it with paper towels to absorb the liquid.
Other Pumpkin Recipes
Overnight Pumpkin French Toast
Sourdough Discard Pumpkin Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
Brown Butter Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Course: DessertDifficulty: Easy18
servings20
minutes12
minutesA warm and cozy twist on a classic Chocolate Chip Cookie.
Ingredients
1 Cup unsalted butter, browned
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup granulated sugar
2/3 Cup pumpkin puree, moisture removed
2 Egg yolks
2 Teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 2/3 Cup all purpose flour
1 Teaspoon baking soda
2 1/2 Teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Cup chocolate chunks
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set to the side.
- Place pumpkin puree in a large shallow dish and pat with paper towel to absorb the liquid. Do this several times until pumpkin is very dry.
- Place butter in a small saucepan set over medium heat. Cook stirring occasionally until liquid starts to turn golden and brown bits form at the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together the brown sugar, granulated sugar and brown butter until combined. Add the egg yolks, pumpkin puree and vanilla and continue mixing until completely combined and smooth.
- In a separate mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt until combined. Add to wet ingredients and mix to combine. Fold in chocolate chunks until incorporated.
- Scoop out dough using a small ice cream scoop and place on the prepared baking sheet 2” apart. Top each cookie dough ball with extra chocolate chunks then place in the preheated oven to bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and gently tap baking tray on the counter to flatten cookies. Place baking tray on a wire rack to cool.
- Enjoy.
