Hazelnut Pumpkin Spice Roll-Out Cookies with Maple Glaze

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.

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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?

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!

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.

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?

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:

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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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