Pumpkin Oat Cookies
By
Sea Sun
@Seasun
14
This is my spin on pumpkin cookies and a family favorite, not just at holiday time! These very soft cookies have a wonderful flavor with the perfect amount of spice. The fruit (raisins or Craisins) add a little additional sweetness and chewiness while the nuts are crunchy. You have it all in this cookie! This recipe makes a lot of cookies and they could easily be glazed though my family thinks they are perfect the way they are. Place a walnut half on each cookie before baking if you like, or leave nuts out altogether. Enjoy!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
These were fabulous! If you like fall flavors with the pumpkin spice you will love these. I used the optional walnuts and raisins in mine and made these cookies super yummy. These cookies are more cake-like than a typical oatmeal cookie. Keep an eye on your cookies... in our oven, they baked for about 12 minutes. 
Rating:
★★★★★ 2 votes5
Comments:
Serves:
4-5 dozen or so
Prep:
15 Min
Cook:
15 Min
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
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2 cflour
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1 1/3 cquick or old fashioned oats
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspsalt
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2 tsppumpkin pie spice
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1 tspcinnamon
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1/2 cbutter, softened
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1/2 capplesauce, unsweetened
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1 cbrown sugar
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1 csugar
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1 cpumpkin, canned
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1 largeegg
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 cdried cranberries, sweetened (ie. craisins) or raisins
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1 cwalnuts, chopped (optional)
How to Make Pumpkin Oat Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and spices in a bowl and set aside.
- Beat together butter, applesauce, brown sugar, sugar in another bowl until light and fluffy. Add pumpkin, vanilla extract and egg. Mix well.
- Add flour mixture and mix together. Add cranberries (or raisins) and nuts (if using). Mix.
- Drop tablespoons of dough onto greased cookie sheet, or use parchment paper. Bake for 12-14 minutes until light golden brown. Cool on wire racks.
