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Pumpkin Miso Caramel Cookies

5 | 4 reviews
Pumpkin! Miso! Caramel! Brown Butter! What else do you really need? Not much in this swirled and gooey cookie that has a base that tastes like pumpkin pie, and a swirl that is a decadent, sticky miso caramel. It's a super simple recipe, with beautifully autumnal results.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 7 cookies

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 113 grams salted butter, 1/2 cup
  • 70 grams dark brown sugar, 1/3 cup, packed
  • 110 grams granulated sugar, 1/2 cup
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (or 1/4 teaspoon each of nutmeg, cloves, all spice and cinnamon)
  • 150 grams all-purpose flour, 1 cup and 1 tablespoon
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt
For the pumpkin miso caramel
  • 1 tablespoon softened butter
  • 2 teaspoons red miso
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin purée
  • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar, lightly packed

Instructions 

  1. Begin with the cookie dough. In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the butter and let it melt. Let it begin to fizz and foam, and stir occasionally for 3-4 minutes, until the milk solids from the butter separate and begin to brown. When this reaches a deep brown color, remove the butter from the heat and transfer to a small bowl.
  2. Fill a large bowl with ice water, place the small bowl with the brown butter within the ice water bowl and whisk for 3-5 minutes or until the brown butter has cooled into a paste of sorts.
  3. Either using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat the brown butter with the white and brown sugar for 1-2 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
  4. Add the egg, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice and beat until the batter lightens by one shade and is very fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
  5. Add in the flour, baking powder and salt and mix on the lowest setting until a dough forms. This should take less than 30 seconds.
  6. Move the dough to the fridge to chill while you preheat the oven to 375°F.
  7. For the pumpkin miso caramel, in a small bowl, mash together the softened butter, miso, pumpkin and brown sugar into a smooth paste. Set this in the fridge alongside the dough.
  8. When the oven has preheated, portion the cookie dough into 7 equal-sized balls, around 80 grams each.
  9. Place these balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet and press them down into bigger circles, around 1 inch tall.
  10. Dollop 3-4 dots of caramel on top of every cookie. Use a toothpick to swirl the caramel all over. The cookies will spread significantly, so feel free to really get the caramel everywhere.
  11. Bake for 11-13 minutes, or until the cookies are golden around the edges. Let cool and enjoy!