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Easy pumpkin butter cookies baked right in an air fryer loaded with butterscotch and pumpkin flavor!
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Butterscotch and Pumpkin Butter Cookies
If you love delicious pumpkin spice and caramel chip flavors in fall, this easy air fryer cookie recipe is for you!
If you’ve never used an air fryer to bake cookies, get ready to have your mind blown with how easy it is to get fresh, delicious just baked cookies in no time.
This recipe works with Instant Pot and Ninja Foodi pressure cookers with an air fryer function – or with air fryer machines, too!
You can make a big batch of cookies and keep the dough in the fridge or freezer, and pop them in the air fryer when you’re ready for a sweet treat, for fresh baked cookies you can make anytime!
I hope you love this recipe as much as we do.
How to Make Air Fryer Pumpkin Butter Cookies:
To make this recipe, you’ll need:
- Instant Pot with Broiler Lid or Ninja Foodi
- Parchment Paper
- Mixing Bowls
- Fork
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup pumpkin butter
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 3/4 cup flour
- 1 tbsp pumpkin spice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup butterscotch morsels
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar
Tips and Tricks to Perfect Air Fryer Pumpkin Butter Cookies
Baking cookies in an instant pot or ninja foodi – using the bake function with the broiler lid – is incredibly easy, but there are a couple steps you can take to make it even easier!
When using the broiler lid on an instant pot or ninja foodi, you’re really turning your machine into a convection oven.
The air circulates around cookies to bake just like in a convection oven – without heating up the whole house!
Perfect for small batches. Baking in an Instant Pot is admittedly not the best for making big batches – but is perfect for when the craving hits and you want a few cookies to hit the spot.
Keep cookie dough on hand. I personally recommend making up a big batch of this cookie dough and keeping in the fridge, so you can bake cookies in a flash anytime you want to indulge!
Recipe FAQ’s
Yes! Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees in your oven if you don’t have an instant pot.
No – this recipe relies on the bake function in a dual functioning pressure cooker. Please bake in oven if you don’t have an air fryer.
Other Cookies You’ll Love
If you love this recipe, be sure to check out our other easy cookie recipes!
These cookies are super simple and packed with flavor your whole family will love.
- The Best Easy Chewy Sugar Cookies Ever Recipe
- Easy Lofthouse Cookies Copycat Recipe
- Chewy Molasses Cookies
- The Best Chewy M&M Peanut Butter Cookies Ever Recipe
- Gooey Butter Red Velvet Cake Cookies
- Carrot Cake Mix Cookies
Other Pumpkin Recipes You’ll Love
If you love delicious pumpkin desserts, we’re sharing our favorite easy sweet pumpkin treats!
- Instant Pot Pumpkin Oreo Cheesecake Recipe
- Easy Slow Cooker Pumpkin Bread Pudding Recipe
- Instant Pot Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
- Pumpkin Bread Mini Pumpkins
- Pumpkin Spice Baked Doughnuts
Air Fryer Pumpkin Butter Cookies Recipe
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Instant Pot Pumpkin Butter Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- ½ cup pumpkin butter
- ½ cup butter
- 2 ¾ cup flour
- 1 tbsp pumpkin spice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup butterscotch morsels
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar
Instructions
- Add all dry ingredients except butterscotch to a bowl and stir to combine.
- Using a stand or hand mixer, cream pumpkin butter and butter together.
- Add pumpkin puree and vanilla and blend.
- Add dry ingredients and mix on medium speed until dough ball forms.
- Fold butterscotch morsels into dough.
- Using an ice cream or cookie scoop, form dough into 1" balls.
- Use a fork to gently flatten balls.
- Place in air fryer at 350 for 8 minutes.
- Repeat until all cookies are baked.
- Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes before removing.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
