I don't know about you, but sticking to a diet can be so discouraging when everyone else gets to have dessert and you don't. It's not that we really need to have dessert, but every once in a while I crave something a little sweet.
These Weight Watchers Pumpkin Cookies are the perfect way for me to stick to my Weight Watchers diet while having a sweet tooth. With only 2 points, you can enjoy a pumpkin cookie this Thanksgiving without feeling guilty.
In addition to eating these delicious cookies, you can also curb your cravings with fruit and other zero-point foods. Find out what you can eat for zero points on weight watchers here!
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💖 Why This Recipe Works
- Fall-Inspired & Flavorful: Weight Watchers Pumpkin Cookies bring all the cozy, autumn flavors without the guilt.
- Low in Points: A healthier alternative to traditional cookies that still satisfies your sweet tooth.
- Soft & Chewy: These cookies are perfectly moist, with just the right amount of pumpkin spice.
🥚Pumpkin Cookies Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup almond flour (180g)
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- Pinch of Stevia extract, powder (Feel free to use another type of stevia or sweetener, monk fruit is also a good option)
- 1 teaspoon Pumpkin spice
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- Egg
- ¼ cup butter softened
For the complete list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
🌈 Substitutions and Variations
- Dairy-Free Delight: Use vegan butter to make these cookies dairy-free.
- Nut-Free Necessities: These cookies are made with almond flour, which is not suitable for those with nut allergies. To make them nut-free, consider substituting the almond flour with a seed-based flour, such as sunflower seed flour, keeping in mind that this may alter the texture and flavor slightly.
- Sugar Swap: If you're looking to reduce sugar, consider using a natural sweetener like stevia or monk fruit extract.
🔪 How To Make Weight Watchers Pumpkin Cookies
- Step 1: Preheat the oven to 345F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl whisk dry ingredients.
- Step 2: Add wet ingredients, and stir with a spatula or hand mixer.
- Step 3: Mix the ingredients well, until become a dough.
- Step 4: Once you have achieved a cookie dough consistency make 13 balls of the same size, and place them onto the parchment paper.
- Step 5: Flatten cookie balls with your hands. Grab a circle-shaped cookie cutter of at less half of the size of your cookies. Press down the cookie cutter in the middle of the cookie, don’t go all the way down, just enough to see the circular shape in the center of the cookie.
- Step 6: With a small knife make lines around the circle of about ⅓ inch wide each. With your fingers grab the end of each line and press it together. Repeat the same process until all the cookies have the same shape.
- Step 7: Bake for 12 minutes or until the edges are golden. Remove from the oven and let them rest for 5 minutes before removing from the sheet.
- Step 8: Once cooled on a wire rack, serve and enjoy your Pumpkin Cookies!
🔪How to Make Weight Watchers Pumpkin Cookies
- Servings: 13
- Serving size: 1 cookie
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 12 minutes
- Rest time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 27 minutes
Notes:
If you replace the stevia extract quantities of the sweetener will change but the result will be the same.
Shape your cookies in the same baking sheet you’ll be baking them to avoid transferring them before baking.
👩🍳 Expert Tips
- Use almond flour for a gluten-free base; it keeps these cookies soft and chewy.
- Shape the dough into 13 equal balls, flatten them slightly, and use a cookie cutter to create a circular indentation in the center before baking.
- After baking, let the cookies rest for 5 minutes before transferring them from the baking sheet to a wire rack to cool completely.
💭 FAQs
Keep them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Yes, you can bake and store them in an airtight container.
Ensure your butter is softened, not melted, and consider chilling the dough for about 30 minutes before baking to help maintain their shape.
Certainly! You can substitute stevia with monk fruit sweetener or another preferred sweetener, adjusting quantities as needed.
💖 Serving Suggestions
These are my favorite treats to serve with Weight Watchers pumpkin cookies:
- Apple Slices with Cinnamon Yogurt Dip: Crunchy apple slices paired with a creamy cinnamon yogurt dip make a refreshing and healthy side.
- Warm Spiced Cider: A cup of warm spiced apple cider adds a cozy, aromatic touch that complements the pumpkin flavors.
- Carrot Sticks with Hummus: Fresh carrot sticks dipped in hummus offer a satisfying crunch and a savory contrast to the sweetness of the cookies.
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