GLUTEN-FREE DENSE AND CHEWY VEGAN PUMPKIN COOKIES

Gluten-Free Dense and Chewy Vegan Pumpkin Cookies image

This is one of the best cookies I have ever had...the texture is divine and not a bit cakey!

Provided by TessaDomesticDiva

Categories Fruits and Vegetables Vegetables Squash

Time 1h32m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

1 cup pumpkin puree
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup shortening
½ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup dried cranberries, or to taste
¼ cup pumpkin seeds, or to taste
1 cup oat flour, or more as needed
¾ cup tapioca flour, or more as needed
½ cup brown rice flour, or more as needed
1 ½ teaspoons guar gum
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup confectioners' sugar
½ cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon margarine, melted
1 teaspoon soy milk, or more as needed

Steps:

Heat pumpkin puree in a saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until condensed to about 1/2 cup, about 20 minutes. Let cool, at least 10 minutes.
Beat brown sugar, shortening, and white sugar together until smooth and creamy. Add the cooled pumpkin and vanilla extract; blend well. Sprinkle in oat flour, tapioca flour, brown rice flour, guar gum, cinnamon, and salt. Add cranberries and pumpkin seeds. Mix until dough is very stiff and dry; it should not stick to your hands. Add more flour, 2 tablespoons at a time, if needed.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place golf-ball size balls of dough on the prepared baking sheet. Press tops down slightly.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges just begin to turn golden, about 12 minutes. Let cool, at least 30 minutes.
Mix confectioners' sugar and melted margarine together in a bowl. Add enough milk so that icing is spreadable but not runny. Dollop icing on top of the cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 312.3 calories, Carbohydrate 51.4 g, Fat 11.8 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 160.2 mg, Sugar 31.3 g