Made with easy cookie dough, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin pie spice. All rolled in powdered sugar. As the cookies bake, they'll crack and crinkle on the outside, giving them their signature look.
Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Mix together dry ingredients in a medium bowl: all purpose flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
In a separate large bowl, mix the vegetable oil, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, pumpkin puree, and vanilla extract.
Add in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix just until they are combined. The dough will be quite sticky.
Add the granulated sugar and powdered sugar (for rolling) to two separate small bowls.
Drop 1 Tbsp of cookie dough into the granulated sugar. Toss it around the sugar, then gently form into a ball with hands. (The dough is soft at this point, so you'll need to use a spoon or cookie scoop to add it to the sugar)
Place in the bowl of powdered sugar and toss it around until it's evenly coated.
Place on baking sheet 2” apart. Repeat with until the rest of the dough is prepared.
Bake for 9-10 minutes, until the cookies are puffy and cracked.
Let cool 3 minutes, then transfer to a rack using a spatula to cool completely.