Pumpkin Cookies with Spice Cake Mix
These light and fluffy pumpkin cookies with cake mix are one of our favorite fall flavor combinations. The spice cake mix in this recipe adds a little something extra to the pumpkin cookies and the chocolate chips make them hard to resist!
Ingredients
- 1 box spice cake mix (15.25 oz)
- 1 can pumpkin (15 oz)
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- cooking spray
Directions
- 1
Pour the box of spice cake mix with the pumpkin pie spice in a large bowl.
- 2
Add the can of pumpkin puree to the bowl.
- 3
Stir to combine until all the cake mix has been blended.
- 4
Stir to incorporate the chocolate chips into the cookie batter.
- 5
Line a cookie sheet or baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop rounded tablespoons of the dough onto the cookie sheet.
- 6
To flatten the cookies, spray the bottom of a glass with cooking spray and use it to press the dough down in the pan.
- 7
Bake for 15-18 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
- 8
When the cookies come out of the oven, leave them on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes so they can firm up a bit. Then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack.
- 9
Optional: frost with cream cheese or vanilla frosting