Black and White Pumpkin Cookies

This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. Please Read Our Disclosure Policy

These Black and White Pumpkin Cookies are a fall twist on the classic Black and White Cookie. Made with pumpkin and fall spices they are a delicious treat for the autumn season.

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies #pumpkin #fallbaking #recipe #cookies #fallcookie #pumpkincookie

Welcome back to the fall cookie baking fun!

In case you’re just joining us, it’s Fall Cookie Week! This is a week-long celebration of drop cookies, bar cookies, and everything in-between, all inspired by the flavors of the season!

Yesterday, I shared a recipe for Frosted Carrot Cake Cookies. Today, I’m serving up Black and White Pumpkin Cookies.

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

Fall Cookie Week 2016 | inspiredbycharm.com

What are Black and White Cookies?

Black and white cookies are somewhat of a staple in NYC. When my mom and I were there a few weeks ago, I spotted black and white cookies in several of the shops we visited. Seeing them inspired me to give them a seasonal twist for FCW.

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

How to make Black and White Pumpkin Cookies:

I started with a traditional recipe for black and white cookies and amped it up by adding pumpkin puree and traditional pumpkin spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

(All of us pumpkin spice fanatics are on a mission to give everything a pumpkin spice makeover. You have been warned.)

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

With their sponge-like texture, these cookies are delicious on their own. However, since we’re going for traditional black and white, a swipe of vanilla and chocolate on top is a must.

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

The icing for these cookies is a combination of confectioner’s sugar, corn syrup, and water. That’s it. For the chocolate portion, you just mix in a bit of melted chocolate.

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

Depending on how precise you want to get, icing these guys can be a bit time consuming. I found a small offset spatula to be the best tool for applying the icing. Also, it’s tough to describe the ideal consistency of the icing. It needs to be thick enough to give you a thick layer, but still thin enough to run off the sides.

Use your least attractive cookie to practice. (You can eat it after practicing. No one needs to know.) Adding more water to your icing will make it thinner; more confectioner’s sugar will thicken it.

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

No matter how you ice them, these are a fun and tasty treat for this time of year. The pumpkin flavor with a touch of chocolate and vanilla is a yummy combination.

Let’s get baking!

Enjoy this cookie recipe? You’ll love these too:

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

There’s just something about these cookies that has always grabbed my attention. I’m so glad I finally decided to make them. Adding pumpkin spice to the dough was icing on the cake … er, cookie.

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies | inspiredbycharm.com

Nom nom nom!

These Black and White Pumpkin Cookies are a fall twist on the classic Black and White Cookie. Made with pumpkin and fall spices they are a delicious treat for the autumn season.

Black and White Pumpkin Cookies

These Black and White Pumpkin Cookies are a fall twist on the classic Black and White Cookie. Made with pumpkin and fall spices they are a delicious treat for the autumn season.
5 from 1 vote
Print Pin Rate
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookie, fall baking, pumpkin cookies
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 16 cookies
Calories: 274kcal

Ingredients

Icing:

Instructions

  • Begin by preheating your oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set the sheet to the side.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
  • Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This should take about 3 minutes. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
  • Beat in the egg and vanilla and then the pumpkin puree. (The pumpkin puree will make the mixture look as if it's separated. This is normal.)
  • Beginning and ending with the flour mixture, alternately add the flour mixture in three additions and the milk in two additions at low speed until just combined.
  • Using a medium-size (5 cm) ice-cream scoop, scoop the dough onto the lined baking sheet. Moisten your fingers with a bit of water and gently press each mound of dough into a disc that's 3-inches in diameter and 1/2-inch thick. (You can also tap the baking sheet on the counter to help spread out the dough.)
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until the centers are firm and the edges just begin to brown. Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for 2 minutes. Then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • In the meantime, prepare your icing.
  • In a double-broiler, melt the chocolate. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, corn syrup, and water. (If desired, thin the icing by adding more water, a little a at a time.)
  • Spoon half of the icing into a small bowl. Add the melted chocolate and stir to combine. (Again, add water to thin the icing if it seems too thick.)
  • Place two wire racks on top of parchment paper. Then use a small offset spatula to spread the white icing on one half of each cookie, allowing the excess to drip off the side. Once the white icing has set up for 15 minutes, repeat the process with the chocolate icing on the other half of each cookie. Allow the icing to harden for at least one hour.
  • Store the cookies in an airtight container. Separate the layers of cookies with sheets of parchment.

Nutrition

Calories: 274kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 55mg | Potassium: 85mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 2588IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg

Now, don’t forget, Julie Blanner is joining me this year for FCW. Every day she’s baking up a delicious recipe, too! Today she’s whipped up these Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cookies.

That’s four of my favorite words in one name, so you know they are good! You can find that recipe here.

Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cookies | julieblanner.com

As always, thanks so much for joining us. I hope you love this Black and White Pumpkin Cookie recipe! Share your fall cookies on Instagram using the hashtag #FallCookieWeek.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




5 Comments

  1. I just roasted our first sugar pumpkin from the garden and am totally going to make the cookie- and am super excited as it looks nice and moist. I’m not sure I can bring myself to make it a Black and White cookie, mostly because my husband, being from NYC, is a purist with these cookies. You know how it goes- you can take the boy out of the city, but, well…

    P.S. Nice job with the frosting- I definitely agree with you on that being the most difficult part!!!