Hi Friends!
The other night I was in the mood for some cookies. And since it IS fall and all, I decided they should be pumpkin cookies. I made some pumpkin cookies last year but this time I wanted them to have oatmeal. I looked at a few recipes for inspiration, but most of them were full of butter and tons of sugar….so I just kinda did my own thing, as per usual 
I mixed, scooped, baked and tasted. The verdict? I loved them! I know they won’t be for everyone, but they’re moist, chewy and taste like fall. They’re not overly sweet…and they’re packed with goodies like pecans and chocolate chips.
Confession…i HATE photographing cookies. So I didn’t spend a lot of time doing it. Sorry, friends
So you’ll just have to settle for the recipe instead!
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 12 min
Keywords: bake dessert chocolate oats pecans
Ingredients (36 cookies)
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg + 1 egg white
- 1/2 c unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
- 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, not packed
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- pinch salt
- 1/2 c dark choc chips
- 1/2 c chopped pecans
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, mix the pumpkin, eggs, applesauce and vanilla.
2. Add the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Stir until just combined.
3. Mix in the chocolate chips and pecans.
4. Scoop onto greased baking sheets and flatten slightly with a fork.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
There you have it! What’s your favorite pumpkin cookie recipe?
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
I want to make these but with raisins! Pumpkin and raisins has been kind of my thing lately! These look super yummy.
Sylvia @ Frolic Through Life recently posted..Runner’s Bug Bites Again!
I was thinking the same thing!!! Or even some pumpkin seeds? Wonder if you could sub in some maple syrup too? Feels like fall to me
Life’s a Bowl recently posted..Favorite Finds Friday 10.19.12
i say go for it! love pumpkin seeds! and you could probably trade maple syrup for some of the brown sugar!
These look so good Lindsay! I’ve been on quite the baking kick lately (especially with pumpkin) and so I think I’ll be trying these!
Lauren @ Lawfully Wedded Wife recently posted..WIAW: Meat and Potatoes
awesome! enjoy!
Hmmm…do you hate photographing them because it’s to hard not to eat them?
Erica { EricaDHouse.com } recently posted..What more could a girl ask for?
exactly!!
I love every word in this post, so I knew it’d be a winner!
Linz @ Itz Linz recently posted..Trademark Pose
These look really good. The photos you did do it enough justice. I personally like taking 1-2 photos of food and not needing to take 1000 but then again…I’m not the best baker LOL.
HollieisFueledByLOLZ recently posted..Flaming Hot WIAW
haha i def prefer fewer pics, more eating!
Love this recipe! I’ve been on a total pumpkin kick lately and will pretty love anything pumpkin! I am the worst photographer ever and think cookies always look the same in pictures! Just can’t figure it out!
Danielle @ Clean Food Creative Fitness recently posted..Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache
i know!!! it’s so annoying!
Photographing brown food in general sucks… but it’s especially hard when it’s cookie because you KNOW how fantastic they taste. Anyway, I think these look lovely. I’ve been wanted to make a pumpkin version of my granola cookies – I’m going to take some inspiration for you and do it!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table recently posted..Guest Blogging 101
woohoo! go for it!
YUM! You know I am a sucker for all things pumpkin
Madeline @ Food Fitness and Family recently posted..When to Replace Your Running Shoes
DELICIOUS!! Fall + Pumpkin anything is amazing!
Krysten Siba Bishop (@darwinianfail) recently posted..Marathon Recap – The Bad
I’ve been craving cookies lately and these look super yummy. Can’t wait to try them!
Christine @ Love, Life, Surf recently posted..Hotel Room Workout
I posted a pumpkin oatmeal cookie recipe today too! Great minds think alike! (:
Danielle @ Itsaharleyyylife recently posted..Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
These look great to me! I think I’ll be trying them myself this weekend.
Tara @ Chip Chip Hooray recently posted..Baked Turkey and Spinach Meatballs
let me know how they turn out!
I have such a long list of things I want to make, but these just got bumped up to the top 5! They look amazing.
Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin recently posted..WIAW #60: Short and sweet
haha awesome! enjoy!
I held off on the pumpkin baking frenzy until last night with some whole wheat pumpkin craisin bread. These cookies are definitely next in line- thanks for the recipe!
Mariell @ HealthyPantz recently posted..5 SF Studios I’m Jonesing to Try
mmm oatmeal, pumpkin- it’s fall in a cookie!
I can’t get enough pumpkin right now! I hate photographing cookies too… I would much rather eat them.
Brittany @ Delights and Delectables recently posted..Pumpkin Protein Pancake
It IS hard to photograph cookies! Especially oatmeal ones. Because they will look like an oatmeal cookie, and that will hide their deceptive deliciousness. I’m not a big pumpkin fan, but if you put it in a cookie recipe with oatmeal? Yup, I’ll scarf it down.
Allie recently posted..Thankful Thursday
ahhhh, so oatmeal is the winning ingredient for you
i agree…can’t get enough, especially in cookie form!
Those looks amazing yet so simple to make…. I can’t wait to try them this weekend, perhaps!!
Yum! Pumpkin and oatmeal, such a fab combo! I must try these
jobo recently posted..On intuition.
Love this!!
Brittany @ GOtheXtraMile recently posted..Mezamashii Winner
Nom cookies. Surprinsingly I haven’t made any in a while… yours kind of remind me of ones I made in the beginning of my blog, oatmeal cookies with nut butter. Nomm… these look awesome too!
Kammie @ Sensual Appeal recently posted..My first favorite protein powder is now decaf! It CLICKs with me! {giveaway}
Yum!! I have yet to make anything with pumpkin yet this season, and that seriously needs to change. These look soo good!
Kristen @ notsodomesticated recently posted..Pasta Bake Recipe
These look delish! Thanks 4 the recipe!
Kierston recently posted..Girls of FFA ~ Take II
yum! love pumpkin cookies
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oooh, these must be absolutely incredible!!! i must say, i am very glad those are chocolate chips & not raisins…. raisins are yummy, just not in cookie form. i love the pumpkin/oat combo!
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef recently posted..30 Minute Chicken Tortilla Soup
chocolate chips are always better in cookies, in my opinion