Buckle up, kiddos, because tonight’s baking extravaganza was full of autumn awesomeness.
Pumpkin spice cookies!
I blogged about these cookies back in October last year, but since I apparently had a camera from the 1950s at that point, I figured I should feature the cookies on the ol’ blog again with a much prettier spread.
Plus, I know many of you likely didn’t see that post since I posted it during my first month of blogging and trust me, these cookies deserve some extra attention.
You guys know how much I adore easy recipes (flourless peanut butter cookies!), and these cookies take the cake for being the absolute easiest cookies to make in the world.
All you need are two ingredients:
Mix the two ingredients together (or simply stir them together using a little elbow grease) until the pumpkin and cake mix are sufficiently combined.
The cookie dough will be really thick and completely irresistible. There are no raw eggs in this mix, so feel free to go to town on the dough. I know I did.
Place spoonfuls of the dough on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray (or on a Silpat because these things rock!) and bake at 350 degrees for 10 – 12 minutes.
The cookies are done when they feel slightly firm to the touch.
Allow the cookies to cool and enjoy as is… 
… Or allow the cookies to cool and top ‘em with cream cheese icing! :D
I then dusted the cookies with a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice.
The only thing better than how easy these cookies are to make is the end result.
Enjoy!
![\"Quantcast\"/](\"//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-1e3-7hOJ_U8Bg.gif\")
I wish I had seen this last week, I had a box of that spice cake!
Wow, yummy!! Hmm.. may have to try and attempt these myself for Thanksgiving (it’s this weekend in Canada) … I may have to substitute the cream cheese topping for light cool whip though (I LOVE it!) Thanks for another great recipe.. enjoy you night!
I can not find that pumpkin in a can ANYWHERE! Where do you get it (Target? Publix? Walmart?) and in which aisle?
I’d love to try out these cookies-they look ridiculously easy to make-i just need that dang pumpkin first! Thanks! <3
publix! i found it by the canned peaches.
It’s in the baking aisle at a lot of grocery stores too (Safeway and QfC in the Seattle area).
Love these cookies!
Those look AMAZING. Like mini carrot cake/pumpkin slices of heaven!
Oh my goodness…YES please! I think I would sprinkle some gingersnap crumbs on top….heaven!
Which Publix? I’ve been to the one at Winter Park Village and the one in Baldwin Park and both are sold out. So sad.
the one off colonial before mills (shine ave., i think).
I went on my lunch break and snagged 4 cans!! Woot woot!! My coworker also mentioned that Aldi has canned pumpkin for only $.89/can. I’m totally hitting them up this weekend. 🙂
I made these about a week ago and LOVED them. They were like soft pillowly clouds of pumpkin goodness. My roommates described their texture as that of a piece of foam or sponge. I don’t care what the texture is as long as the taste is awesome, which it is 😀
My hubby likes ’em too 😉
Oh crap….now I HAVE to make these. I’ve done the pumpkin with the chocolate cake mix before, so why didn’t I think of this? Making them this weekend!!!
Makes me want to buy spice cake mix. These look so incredibly tasty!
Let me say these things are AWESOME! I decided to make them for the fun for the first time a few weeks ago (although my excuse is that they were for my SI students – I’m a sort-of large group tutor), and they were a huge hit. Everyone including myself and my fiancee loved them. I’ve even got one of my bridesmaids making them today to take home to her family. Pumpkin and PBF ftw!
Looks tasty! I love the flavors of fall! Can’t wait to try these puppies out!
great job with the cookies. they look professional 🙂
Oh my, these seem more magical then two-ingredient cake mix & diet soda cupcakes. Will have to give ’em a try!
I make these all the time!! I also made them into whoopie pies and put whoopie pie filling in the middle.. THey where amazing.. Check out the recipe!
i remember seeing these last year and have been meaning to make them since then! i have a box of snickerdoodle cookie mix right now. do you think that would be good too?
definitely!
Okay, now these are something I could actually handle. 🙂
Yummy! I will be making these next week for sure!
I LOVE this little duo. I’ve made them before and always so good.
I’ve made this recipe before but only as a muffin or bread. Cookies are a good idea! This also works wonders with carrot cake instead of spice cake mix.
I eat SOOO much of this batter whenever I make it!
Oh, wow, those look delicious! I need to try this recipe out soon!
Any idea how many calories are in one of those? They look SOO good!
Wow those cookies look so good and easy to make! How did you come up with this idea?
i got the idea from one of my friend’s moms who made a cake similar to the cookies, but the recipe involved eggs & some other stuff, too.
Okay so you won’t believe me if I told you, but we had both of those ingredients (Spice cake and a can of pumpkin) and I’ve been trying to think of what to do with each (but never thought to combine them!!!). I’m writing this as the cookies are baking and already licked the batter. HOLY COW!!!!! Amazing! I’ll be making these again to bring to my boyfriends parents house for Thanksgiving dinner. 🙂
woohoooo!
Omigah Julie I am so. fired. up. about these cookies! I am going to make some this weekend? Ever tried them with chocolate chips? I wonder if the choc/pump combo would be good. I’ll try it with half the batter and report back. 🙂
Thanks for this recipe!
~Laura
YES! chocolate chips are great! they’re also really good w/ nuts.
Yes Ma’am!! I am SO going to make these this weekend! I have been on this pumpkin butter kick lately and so these cookies are right up my alley!! Thanks a bunch!!
So easy and delicious looking!!!!!
the ingredients for the cake mix is pretty disturbing…
Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Propylene Glycol Mono- and Diesters Of Fats, Mono- and Diglycerides), Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate). Contains 2% Or Less Of: Wheat Starch, Spices (Cinnamon, Allspice, Coriander, Ginger, Nutmeg), Salt, Dextrose, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Colored with (Caramel Color, Yellow 5 Lake), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Cellulose Gum, Modified Cornstarch, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Dextrin, Artificial Flavors, Maltodextrin, Triethyl Citrate, Acetic Acid.
LOL! Buzzkill! 😉
OMG these look sinful!! That pic of the bite taken out makes me think I can actually taste them. I love fall! 🙂
Can’t get easier than this!
These looks soooo good! I’ll have to make these soon. Thanks for re-posting the recipe 🙂
seriously, HOW do you come up with these crazy easy recipes?! OMG they look so good 🙂
Ok, that is so sinfully easy and the addition of cream cheese icing makes me want a bite, NOW! Gotta to try those soon.
I make these same cookies but add chocolate chips! So easy, so delicious.
yum! those look amazing! Since I have Celiac Disease I should find some yummy gluten free cookie mix and do the same thing!
They look like my kind of cookie!
Looking forward to trying this. They’re easy, delicious, and probably smell so fantastic… mmmmm. 🙂
Anything with cream cheese on top is delicious!!! I know I’ll be making these for the kids to share at school….thank you so much for posting!!
wow it looks so simple. I may have to try to make these tonight for my dad 🙂 Are they soft in the center?
yes! they’re pretty dense & really, really moist.
Hey Julie,
I love love trying out so many of your recipes so I hope you won’t take this as a complaint by any means… If you think of it, when you post cookie recipes could you possibly write down about how many they yield? It helps in planning if I need to 1/2 or double a recipe. I actually asked Katie about that when she posted this recipe on her blog (with credit to you) and she said that it actually yields a very large amount.
Thanks again and have a great one 🙂
that’s actually a wonderful suggestion! i’ll definitely take that into consideration in the future. thanks, dana! i’m not sure how many this recipe makes, but it definitely makes a bunch… maybe 2 – 3 dozen?
These look like the perfect, easy fall treat! will definitely be trying them soon…like tonight.
These look awesome! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
YUMMMMM!!!!! I seriously could eat a million of those! Thanks for sharing your delicious and simple recipe.
you are a genius! I am sooooo making these this weekend!
I’ve wanted to make those forever. Are they really cakey? I wonder what adding egg would do….
I saw this recipe on your blog and literally make these like every week! I add chocolate chips to mine because I can’t resist some good chocolate- but now I want to try the cream cheese frosting! These are ridiculously easy and I even throw mine in the freezer to make them a little cool/firmer since they are pretty soft. LOVE THESE- AM OBSESSED WITH THEM!
Oh yeah. I’m making these!
I saw the very same recipe on GirlMeetsHealth (now Life…) via cupcake form and not cookies, and they’ve been at the toppa my mental honey-to-bake list FOREVER. Now that it’s autumn and the season’s screaming pumpkin and spice, what better time? You made cookies and of course they’ll be the same flavor, but do you think cupcakes or cookies would own your heart more?
cookies! i definitely prefer cookies to cupcakes… UNLESS the cupcakes have amazing icing (like buttercream).
I discovered this recipe a few years ago and isn’t it crazy how good these cookies are?! I don’t make them too often though because I have a tendency to eat MANY of them. 🙂