In my book, the best way to celebrate fall is with a good healthy pumpkin cookie, drinking a cup of tea, watching the yellow and the orange leaves fall down. I used fresh pumpkin puree for this vegan and gluten-free pumpkin maple cookie recipe, but store-bought puree is fine, too. There is something magical about pumpkin-maple combination: one bite brings me right home. And homemade cookies are always magical.