Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Vanilla Cinnamon Icing – Summer Day Naturals

These little cookies might look innocent (which they totally are!), but they taste so indulgent and tasty! A perfect treat when you’re craving something sweet, but don’t want to break the bank.

And nothing better than a home-made icing! Make sure to try it out as well, because the icing works amazingly well with these paleo-friendly cookies.

You need:

2 ½ cups almond flour
2 tbsp. coconut flour
1 ½ tsp Summer Day Naturals’ Ceylon Cinnamon Powder
½ tsp ginger powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp nutmeg
A pinch all spice
A pinch salt
1/3 cups raw honey
½ cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 tsp Summer Day Naturals’ Vanilla Bean Powder

For the icing:

1 tbsp raw honey
2 tbsp pure unsalted butter
2 tbsp coconut milk
A pinch of Summer Day Naturals’ Ceylon Cinnamon Powder
½ tsp Summer Day Naturals’ Vanilla Bean Powder

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix together the dry ingredients (the first 8 ingredients + vanilla) in a small bowl.*
In the bowl of a stand mixer (or for a smoother texture, food processor), combine the honey, pumpkin, and egg.**
Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet while the mixer is running.
Scoop golf-ball size balls of dough onto a lined cookie sheet. Press down lightly with your palm to flatten them a bit.
Bake for 18 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool completely.
While the cookies are cooling, make the icing by pureeing all of the ingredients in a blender or small food processor. Leave at room temperature until you are ready to frost the cookies.***

* The cookie will have a coarse texture if the almond flour is not fine, so we would suggest blending the almond flour for this recipe.

** The taste depends on the pumpkin’s natural sweetness, so if you’d like it sweeter, you can add more honey.

*** The icing is soft and wet, so we’d recommend putting it on when you’re about to serve and eat them, otherwise the cookie can get soggy.

Tip: Over time (2-3 days) cookies lose their crunchiness and become soft. So if you that crunch again, just pop them in the oven for about 5-10 minutes.

Enjoy!