Air Fryer Pumpkin Butter Cookies Recipe

Name: Air Fryer Pumpkin Butter Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
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

Easy pumpkin butter cookies baked right in an air fryer loaded with butterscotch and pumpkin flavor!

picture of pumpkin cookies with butterscotch chips on a cooling rack next to an air fryer

At Ajpal, I add lots of tips in all of my recipes – because I am a home cook without any formal training, and I find I am more confident making dishes when I understand why it works, and what each ingredient means to the flavor of a recipe. My goal is for even the most beginner home cook to feel empowered in the kitchen.

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.

picture of a hand holding pumpkin cookies with butterscotch chips on a cooling rack next to an air fryer

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

picture of pumpkin cookies with butterscotch chips on a cooling rack

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!