Pumpkin Spice Roll Cookies

1. Preheat the oven to 335° F (168 °C).

Make the cookie dough.

1. In a bowl, add all of the dry ingredients and mix really well. Press and mix to break the almond flour lumps, then add in the wet ingredients and press and mix to make a dough. It will take 1-2 for the moisture to incorporate into the flour and become a dough. If the dough is a bit too dry, add in a teaspoon more of maple syrup. We want the dough to be not too sticky, because you want it to be easy to spread and roll. Once the dough is formed, chill it in the freezer for 10 minutes while you prep the filling.

Make the pumpkin spice filling.

1. Warm the almond butter and pumpkin puree in the microwave or in a skillet. Once warm, add the brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon of the maple syrup. Mix really well to combine all the almond butter and pumpkin puree. (If you're omitting the pumpkin puree, add another teaspoon of maple syrup and mix really well.) Depending on the consistency of the ingredients and the moisture in the ingredients, this will be a somewhat spreadable consistency like paste or slightly thinner. If it is more thick than a paste and difficult to spread, add in 1 more teaspoon of maple syrup and mix in.

Assemble and bake.

1. Remove the dough from the freezer and press it between two pieces of parchment paper. Using your hands or a rolling pin, spread it out into a 7x9” inch rectangle. Even out the edges, so that they are easy to roll into a cinnamon roll kind of shape.
2. Spread the pumpkin pie spice mixture all over and even it out with a spatula. Keep about a 1/4” from the edges, so that it doesn't squeeze out when you're rolling it.
3. Using the parchment paper, start rolling from the shorter end and keep rolling the cookie dough until you reach the other end. The cookie dough will still be a bit soft at this point, so use the parchment paper to roll over the cookie dough and put it back into the freezer for another 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Remove the roll from the freezer and slice using a sharp knife. Place these cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet, and then place the baking sheet in the oven to bake for 13 to 14 minutes, or until crisp and golden to preference. Remove from the oven, let the pumpkin cookies sit on the baking sheet for another 2 to 3 minutes, and then remove the cookies from the baking sheet and let them cool for another 5 minutes before serving.
5. Store on the counter for the day and refrigerate for upto 5 days. If you didn’t use pumpkin purée then the cookies can stay refrigerated for upto 2 weeks.