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Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

November 30, 2016 by Sarah Menanix

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Last updated on March 27th, 2020

These gluten-free pumpkin chocolate chip cookies have crisp edges and moist chewy centers. Studded the hazelnuts for crunch, they’re the perfect fall cookie!

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

I can multitask at a lot of things. Stirring the soup with a baby on the hip while pausing to wash a few dishes with one hand and responding to no fewer than five chats in three different places with 10+ active browser tabs open. This is me most of the time.  I might even have a cookie in hand (Yup, I do). Conversations with me are similarly paced and multi-directional – cookies included.

It turns out, though, there are some things I’m really terrible at doing simultaneously. Telling a story while doing anything else at the same time – forget it, I’ll never get to the point. Testing a new baking recipe while feeding the baby dinner (and probably about one hundred other side tasks) currently tops the list though. Remember the gluten-free mexican chocolate buckwheat muffins that I had to re-test 7 times because I didn’t write down my perfect recipe? Well, that wasn’t a one-time deal. These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies went the same way.

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I used to be able to tell you exactly how much cumin I put in the veggie chili I made on the fly last week or how I adjusted the flour ratios in the cupcakes I made three months ago without writing a single thing down. Then I had a baby and my working memory reached max capacity and started deleting things like baking/cooking right out of my brain. A hard lesson in pausing long enough to jot down notes.

Okay, “hard lesson” is a stretch. A too-flat cookie IS STILL A COOKIE. A deliciously buttery chocolate-y chewy and crispy cookie. Really, what hard lesson ever ended in freshly baked cookies? Exactly.

So, boo-hoo poor me, I had to re-test the recipe for Thanksgiving just to nail it down. Our dessert table featured three homemade pies, berry cobbler, bread pudding, and 4 dozen (mini) pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. The cookies disappeared first.

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Their chewy gooey chocolate-y center and crispy buttery edges flirt with you every time you walk by the plate. Their warm pumpkin spices lure you in. You can’t resist grabbing one. Then another. Then another. You make special “errands” to the kitchen just to happen upon the plate of cookies. And before you know it, your sister-in-law is frowning when she finds out the cookies are ALL GONE.

Also, who invited Cookie Monster to Thanksgiving?

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Baking with Hazelnuts

I’m on a hazelnut binge right now (here and here) and I don’t plan to stop – their roasted deep nutty flavor reminds me of fall, but if hazelnut/hazelnut flour isn’t your thing, almond flour and toasted pecans work just as well! This recipe is written to make 12 big cookies (ahem, normal-sized for folks like me), but it can also be baked up as two dozen smaller cookies, shortening the baking time to 11 minutes.

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Gluten-Free Hazelnut Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: 12 large cookies
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Chill Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time: 16 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 41 minutes

These gluten-free pumpkin chocolate chip cookies have crisp edges and moist chewy centers. Studded the hazelnuts for crunch, they're the perfect fall cookie!

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (106g) hazelnut flour*
  • 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons (90g) tapioca flour
  • ¼ cup (33g) sweet rice flour (different from "white rice flour" or "brown rice flour")
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup (115g) light brown sugar, packed
  • ¼ cup + 2 teaspoons (60g) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg yolk, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup canned pumpkin purée
  • 1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted, loose peels rubbed off & discarded, and chopped**
  • 4 ounces (1/2 cup) chopped chocolate chunks
  • Optional: Flaky salt, for garnish

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the hazelnut flour, tapioca flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. Set aside.
  2. Add the sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer or, if mixing by hand, a large bowl.
  3. In a small saucepan or skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Keep cooking, stirring occasionally until the butter browns. First it will foam up and then smell toasty with little brown flecks. Pour the browned butter over the sugar and stir a couple of times.
  4. Add about a teaspoon of the butter/sugar mixture to the egg yolk to temper it and mix. Pour the tempered egg yolk into the butter/sugar mix and stir to combine.
  5. Add the pumpkin and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
  6. Slowly add the dry ingredients, mixing until combined.
  7. Add the chopped hazelnuts and chocolate and mix until evenly distributed.
  8. Cover the dough with plastic and chill for at least 1 hour.
  9. Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  10. Drop large scoops (3 tablespoons) of dough onto the lined baking sheet, about 3 inches apart (you might need to bake in batches). Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with a few flakes of salt. If the dough has softened up, chill the dough on the baking sheet for another 10 minutes.
  11. Bake for 16-18 minutes, until the edges are golden brown and the top is set, but still soft, rotating the pan halfway through.
  12. Remove from oven and let cool on the baking sheet for a minute or two before carefully transferring with a thin spatula to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

*You can also sub in 106g almond flour instead of the hazelnut flour

**You can swap out the toasted hazelnuts for chopped toasted pecans

© Sarah Menanix

Gluten-Free Hazelnut Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Also: Artichoke is ready for his close-up.

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17 Comments

  1. Becky Winkler (A Calculated Whisk) -

    December 1, 2016 at 4:47 am

    Artichoke is so adorable! Also, these cookies look delicious.

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    • Sarah Menanix -

      December 12, 2016 at 10:39 pm

      He says thanks;)

      Reply
  2. Abby @ Heart of a Baker -

    December 1, 2016 at 6:14 am

    Ohh girlfriend, you are a superwoman! But really, I like multi tasking, but sometimes my brain has too many tabs open :) Such a shame that you had to test these twice!

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    • Sarah Menanix -

      December 12, 2016 at 10:39 pm

      Yes! My brain always has too many tabs open. This is why you’ll see me trail off mid sentence…frequently!

      Reply
  3. Joyce @ Sun Diego Eats -

    December 1, 2016 at 8:48 am

    Hazelnut everything always for me please! Also that backlighting is doing wonders for Artichoke’s fur :P

    Reply
    • Sarah Menanix -

      December 12, 2016 at 10:40 pm

      He totally knew it. <3 ;)

      Reply
  4. Nancy Stern -

    December 1, 2016 at 9:06 am

    I love the photo of Arti looking like he is waiting for crumbs to fall!

    Reply
    • Sarah Menanix -

      December 12, 2016 at 10:41 pm

      HE WISHES!

      Reply
  5. Carla -

    December 1, 2016 at 3:50 pm

    I feel like maybe this need to test more than once is more “accidental” than accidental. I LIKE IT.

    Reply
    • Sarah Menanix -

      December 12, 2016 at 10:42 pm

      You got me.

      Reply
  6. Claudia | The Brick Kitchen -

    December 1, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    hahah I wouldn’t mind having to test these a few extra times – just to be sure, right?! and YES I’m the same with stories – if I’m doing something else, forgetaboutit. Love how you’ve used hazelnut flour in here too!

    Reply
  7. Yael @ Nosherium -

    December 4, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    Oh my goodness! I need these badly! I might make them with pecans instead of hazelnuts.

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    • Sarah Menanix -

      December 12, 2016 at 10:42 pm

      They’re equally delicious with pecans!

      Reply
  8. Farley -

    December 6, 2016 at 7:33 am

    You are a JOY to read…and it reminds me of my younger self!
    I wish for a grandbaby one day so I can press *repeat* and do it all again (but enjoy it with an unhurried lifestyle!!) Cookies and reading books will be my top to do list!
    My cat Farley is another handsome orange tabby!! Best cat ever!!
    Cheers and keep those recipes coming!!

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    • Sarah Menanix -

      December 12, 2016 at 10:43 pm

      You are so sweet – thank you!! I agree – orange cats are the absolute best (he’s purring in my lap right now).

      Reply
  9. Jayme | holly & flora -

    December 7, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    You crack me up describing your ability/inability to multitask!! I haven’t been able to do it well, lately, and I’ve really been trying to devote my 100% attention to whatever I’m doing that moment. Success rate is about 50% right now. ;-) I blame a crazy work month! I am SO with you on team hazelnut. I have some sitting on my counter right now for some orgeat syrup. Your cookies would be even more delicious, though. :-) PS – I’ve missed our late-night chats. I’m hoping to get back into the game soon. This fall-winter is taking its toll on me, but I’m counting on its being totally worth it. XOXO and hugs to Artichoke from Kazu and Ash!

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    • Sarah Menanix -

      December 12, 2016 at 10:44 pm

      Yes! 50% feels pretty good though. I’d accept. You should turn SOME of the hazelnuts into cookies. I’ll make some too. Then we can chat late a night and eat cookies separate but together. MISS YOU TOO!!

      Reply

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