Easy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe
Make These Easy 2-Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies with Cake Mix!
It almost sounds too easy. Only 2 ingredients for pumpkin cookies? Cake mix and canned pumpkin. Of course, I usually opt for a third ingredient – chocolate chips!
But how can 2 ingredient pumpkin cookies be any good? Oh, trust me, they are surprisingly delicious. They taste exactly like homemade pumpkin bread!
I might not feel the need to ever make pumpkin bread again with this easy pumpkin cookies recipe! Two (or three) simple ingredients and less than 30 minutes – you’ve got yourself some delicious pumpkin bread cookies.
Cake Mix Alternative
If you would like to use a yellow cake mix instead, just add about 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice. Here’s my favorite pumpkin pie spice recipe! When you use a spice cake mix, no additional spices are needed.
You don’t even need to add any water, oil, or eggs. Just dump the dry cake mix, canned pumpkin puree, and mini chocolate chips into a bowl and mix them together!
Pumpkin Cookie Baking Tips
The cookies puff up while baking, but only spread a little bit. So I like to squeeze about 20 cookies onto one baking sheet. Silicone baking mats are great too. The cookies come off the pan easily and the mats can be used hundreds of times!
Also, a cookie scoop is super helpful for portioning out the sticky cookie dough! If you don’t have one, definitely get one!
How to Tell When Your Cookies Are Done
It can be a little tricky to tell when the pumpkin cookies are done. You don’t want them to be under-baked and raw. You don’t want them to be over-baked and too dry.
For me, about 14 minutes of cooking time is just right. I think the easiest way to know if they are done is to do a toothpick test. Stick a toothpick into the center of a cookie and if it comes out clean or with only a few moist crumbs, the cookies are done!
Final Thoughts
There’s no better treat during the fall than a pumpkin treat, and these lovely pumpkin spice cake cookies are nice and easy, but still delicious. If you end up trying these cookies out, let us know what you think!
More Pumpkin Recipes:
- Pumpkin Angel Food Cake Mix Recipe
- Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie Recipe
- Soft Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies
- Perfect Iced Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Recipe
- Pumpkin Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
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Easy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Medium bowl
Ingredients
- 1 box spice cake mix
- 15 ounce can pure pumpkin puree
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the dry cake mix, pumpkin puree, and chocolate chips, just until incorporated.
- Drop tablespoonfuls of the sticky batter onto the prepared baking sheet, at least 1 inch apart. Sprinkle a few mini chocolate chips over the top of each, if desired.
- Bake 12-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cookie comes out clean or with only a few moist crumbs. Remove from oven and let cookies cool on the pan for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Air Fryer Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the dry cake mix, pumpkin puree, and chocolate chips, just until incorporated.
- Drop tablespoonful or so of the sticky batter onto a sprayed piece of parchment paper or silicone liner inside the air fryer basket.
- Cook at 330°F/176°C for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the basket, cook remaining cookie batter, then enjoy!
- Tip: If you just want to enjoy a couple of cookie, cut the recipe in half or even in fourths and cook up cookies whenever you want! Store leftover ingredients in an air tight container.
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those look yummy! i wonder if they could be made with a yellow cake mix and add the spices on your own? i dont have a spice cake mix on hand.
I don’t see why not! That is a great idea!
I use yellow cake mix and I also omit the brown sugar. They’re plenty sweet with out the added sugar. They’re SOOO good!
To ease the mixing, I put the pumpkin in the mixing bowl 1st…then slowly mix in cake mix. If you dump all at once, it’s hard to mix.
Good thought!
I made these with a yellow cake and added spices but I could have added a bit more of the spices to add more flavor. Then I added a powdered sugar glaze and sprinkled with a cinnamon sugar mixture on top of the glaze before it hardened.
Yum! I bet they are delicious with a glaze. Thanks for your feedback, Heidi.
How do you make the glase.
The glaze from this recipe would probably work as well! https://fabulesslyfrugal.com/recipes/iced-pumpkin-sugar-cookies-recipe/
I put in raisins instead of chocolate chips and top with cream cheese frosting! mmmm
I’m glad you liked it, Marcie! Thank you for commenting with your adaptations. If I liked raisins, I’m sure I’d love them in these cookies. 😉