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Hazelnut Pumpkin Spice Roll-Out Cookies with Maple Glaze

Published: Jul 8, 2020 · Modified: Jan 7, 2023 by Nicole B.

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57 minutes

These thin and crispy hazelnut pumpkin spice cookies combine the best of fall all in one delicious treat: pumpkin spice, hazelnut and a delicious sweet maple glaze.

Maple leaf-shaped cookies and hazelnuts on a wooden table.
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Why make this recipe:

These fall spice roll-out cookies are easy-to-make, delicious and a great way to celebrate fall. They are full of fall flavors and have a wonderful, crisp texture that strikes a great balance between hardy and delicate.

What’s in the cookie dough?

Hazelnut cookie dough ingredients on a table.
You need all-purpose flour, salt, pumpkin spice, sugar, unsalted butter, cream cheese and hazelnuts for the cookie dough.

Cookie dough ingredient notes:

  • The butter and the cream cheese need to be at room temperature for this recipe in order to get whipped properly and to take up enough air during the whipping process.
  • Cream cheese is an unusual ingredient in cookie dough but it works very nicely here. It doesn’t make the cookies taste tangy, it just adds richness and gives the cookies a nicely tender texture. NOTE: Don’t use any cream cheese products labeled as low-fat or reduced-fat. Those have a higher moisture content than full-fat cream cheese and that will interfere with the baking process.
  • You don’t have to remove the skins from the hazelnuts in this recipe. Just rough-chop them with the skins.

How to make the cookies:

See full ingredients & instructions in the recipe card below!

Roll-out cookie dough preparation in four steps.

Step 1. In a standing mixer or with a handheld mixer, whip butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.

Step 2. Whip in pumpkin spice and cream cheese.

Step 3. In a separate bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the batter and whip until the dough starts to clump together.

Step 4. Whip in hazelnuts, then bring the dough together into a ball.

Cookie dough being shaped and rolled out in four steps.

Step 5. Cut the ball in half.

Step 6. Shape each half into a disk. Wrap the disks in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Step 7. Heat the oven to 375 degrees F. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough and cut out the cookies.

Step 8. Bake the cookies on parchment-lined baking sheets or sheets lined with silicone baking mats for 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool.

What’s in the glaze?

Maple cream cheese glaze ingredients on a table.
You need maple flavoring, powdered sugar, milk and cream cheese to make the glaze.

Glaze ingredient notes:

  • There is cream cheese in the glaze for these cookies as well and here you can taste it just a little bit. Mostly though the cream cheese adds great texture to the glaze and the predominant flavors are sweetness from powdered sugar and intense maple flavor from maple flavoring.
  • Be sure to get high-quality maple flavoring with a strong, pure maple aroma for the glaze. You also want the flavoring to be dark brown in color in order to get the color into the glaze.

How to make the glaze:

See full ingredients & instructions in the recipe card below!

Maple glaze being whisked in a bowl and spread onto cookies.

Step 9. Whisk together powdered sugar, cream cheese, maple flavoring and milk. Taste the glaze and add more maple flavoring to taste.

Step 10. Glaze the cookies with the brown glaze. Once the glaze has dried, whisk powdered sugar and milk and drizzle the white glaze over the maple glaze.

Recipe note:

If the dough is too hard to roll out easily after you take it out of the fridge, let it sit on the kitchen counter for a few minutes until it becomes pliable again.

Can I freeze the cookies?

Yes, you can freeze the cookies glazed or unglazed by stacking them in a freezer bag. If you freeze the cookies glazed, use aluminum foil to separate the layers. To thaw the frozen cookies, let them sit on the kitchen counter for about 30 minutes.

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Maple leaf-shaped cookies and hazelnuts on a wooden table.

Hazelnut Pumpkin Spice Roll-Out Cookies with Maple Glaze

Recipe adapted from America’s Test Kitchen.
These easy hazelnut pumpkin spice cookies are full of delicious fall flavors and are covered with a sweet maple glaze.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 12 mins
Chill Time: 30 mins
Total Time 57 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 30 cookies
Calories (estimated) 142 kcal

Equipment:

  • measuring cups and spoons
  • mixing bowls
  • standing mixer or handheld mixer
  • whisk
  • knife and cutting board
  • rolling pin
  • leaf-shaped cookie cutter
  • baking sheets
  • parchment paper or silicone baking mats

Ingredients:
  

For the cookies:

  • 16 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons full-fat block cream cheese,* at room temperature
  • 2 ½ teaspoons pumpkin spice
  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons chopped hazelnuts

For the glaze:

  • 1 tablespoon full-fat block cream cheese,* at room temperature
  • 1 ¾ cups powdered sugar (divided into 1 ½ cups and ¼ cup)
  • a few drops of maple flavoring
  • 1-3 tablespoons milk

Instructions:
 

For the cookies:

  • Whip butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  • Whip in the cream cheese and the pumpkin spice.
  • Whisk the flour and the salt together, then whip them into the batter. Keep whipping until the dough starts to clump together.
  • Whip in the nuts.
  • Bring the dough together by hand, form into two disks, wrap them each in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface, then cut out the cookies.
  • Bake the cookies on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or with silicone baking mats for 10-12 minutes. Let cool.

For the glaze:

  • Whisk cream cheese together with 1 ½ cups powdered sugar, maple flavoring** and 1-3 tablespoons milk (start with 1 tablespoon, then add more milk to get a thick but spreadable consistency). If you go overboard and the glaze gets too runny, whisk in more powdered sugar.
  • Glaze the cookies and let the glaze dry.
  • Whisk the remaining powdered sugar with a splash of milk and drizzle over the glazed cookies.

Notes:

*Please don’t use any cream cheese products labeled as low-fat or reduced-fat. Those have a higher moisture content than full-fat cream cheese and that will interfere with the baking process.
**Start with a few drops of maple flavoring, then add more until you have a flavor intensity that you like.

Nutrition Information (Estimated):

Calories: 142kcalCarbohydrates: 19.4gProtein: 1.2gFat: 6.8gSaturated Fat: 4.1gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 24mgPotassium: 17mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 1.2gCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg

Nutrition values provided on this website are generated from a nutrition database and are estimates only. The accuracy of the nutrition information for any recipe on this website is not guaranteed. Nutrition values can vary quite a lot depending on which brands are used.

Keywords: fall cut out cookies, pumpkin spice cut out cookies, pumpkin spice roll out cookies

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Comments

  1. Sebrina S

    October 04, 2020 at 12:12 pm

    I really enjoyed this recipe. Very simple, but delicious. Very much a fall treat. This the first time I’ve actually had hazelnut outside of a Ferrero Rocher or a Starbucks concoction, and I can definitely say I will be using them again soon.

    Reply
    • Nicole B.

      October 04, 2020 at 12:24 pm

      That is wonderful to hear, Sebrina! I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe. Thank you much for coming back and leaving such a nice comment, I really appreciate that! :)

      Reply

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