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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

By Erika in Desserts

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With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic. this idea now...

I adore just about anything with pumpkin in it. Pumpkin is just so good and there are so many amazing ways to use it! One of our favorite family pumpkin recipes is Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies. This recipe is so easy to make, even the kids can help make it! Emily loves to help me make these delicious cookies and now she’s so good at it, she can almost make them all by herself!

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic. They’re great for an afternoon snack for the kids.  Or as an afternoon dinner treat. Or to take on-the-go. The whole family will love them!

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

Forget just autumn. These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are so dang good, you’ll want to make them year round! (I do!)

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

 

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies:

What You’ll Need:

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup of pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1.5 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 3 cups oatmeal (old fashioned is best)
  • 1/2-1 cup raisins

Heat the oven to 350°. Beat the softened butter in your mixer until creamed well. Add the sugars and mix well.

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

Add the pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla; beat.

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

Combine the flour, baking soda and spices

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

Add to the pumpkin mixture and mix. Stir in the oatmeal…

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

…and raisins. My kids had raided the raisin bin again so I only had 1/2 cup this time. Though I usually like to add a full cup because we love raisins in our cookies.

You can also use dried cranberries if you want to change it up even more.

Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets…

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With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

…and bake for 12-15 minutes. Serve warm with a glass of cold milk. Or however you and your family love to enjoy cookies.

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

 

Just one thing: it’s hard to eat just one!

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

 

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With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect fall twist to a classic favorite cookie.

  • Author: Erika Bragdon
  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cook Time: 15 min
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 3 dozen 1x
  • Category: dessert
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup of pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1.5 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 3 cups oatmeal (old fashioned is best)
  • 1/2–1 cup raisins

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 350°.
  2. Beat the softened butter until it’s creamed well. Add the sugars and mix.
  3. Add the pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla; beat.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda and spices in a separate bowl; add to the pumpkin mixture and mix. Stir in the oatmeal, and lastly the raisins.
  5. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets and bake for 12-15 minutes.
  6. Cool completely on a wire rack.

With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect autumn twist to a favorite classic.

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    Filed Under: Desserts, Fall, Food for Kids, Recipes, Seasonal Tagged With: cookies, pumpkinPublished on October 17, 2012

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    Erika Bragdon is a flower essence practitioner and a second-generation homeschooling mom with 3 kids at home and 1 in college. She enjoys her chickens, goats, and gardening on a small farm in New Hampshire, and is passionate about sharing flower essences and more ways to renew body, mind, and soul with moms.

    Comments

    1. Pamela says

      October 17, 2012 at 2:09 pm

      These look YUMMY! I am bookmarking to make with whole wheat flour! Thanks so much for sharing!

      Reply
      • Erika says

        October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

        Good idea, Pamela!

        Reply
    2. Janine Huldie says

      October 17, 2012 at 7:29 pm

      Omg, I love oatmeal cookies and pumpkin too and now think I may have died and gone to cookie heaven. These sound delicious and another recipe from you Erika that I have pinned to try. Thanks you 🙂 🙂

      Reply
      • Erika says

        October 18, 2012 at 7:17 pm

        Lol, Janine! You sound like me. Thanks for being so sweet! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Allie says

      October 19, 2012 at 1:06 am

      These cookies tasted amazing! I love that it isn’t overly sweet either! Love the recipe!

      Reply
      • Erika says

        October 22, 2012 at 8:27 pm

        Thanks, Allie! Glad you liked them. I’ll make you more soon. 🙂

        Reply
    4. ang paris says

      October 22, 2012 at 11:22 am

      Thank you so much for linking up to the Pumpkin Patch Blog Hop! I’ve added this to my Pumpkin board on Pinterest 🙂 I can’t wait to try these!

      Reply
    5. Katherine G says

      October 30, 2012 at 10:26 am

      These look so delicious!!! I would definitely try them.

      Reply
    6. April says

      November 18, 2012 at 7:38 pm

      Mmmm.. Can’t wait to try this!

      Reply
    7. Elle says

      December 8, 2012 at 12:44 am

      I think this is probably a better recipe than the pumpkin cookies I have tried before. They always come out too wet but the oatmeal would help I bet. They look tasty!

      Reply
    8. Ashley Nolan says

      January 28, 2013 at 8:36 pm

      These cookies looks so good, I’ll be making these with my kids tomorrow!

      Reply
    9. Debbie says

      March 27, 2013 at 10:48 am

      I Love pumpkin. These look yummy. I will be making them soon. I pinned your recipe.

      Reply
    10. Maria Iemma says

      April 8, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      I’ve been teaching my granddaughter Olivia how to cook simple things like scrambled eggs and toast (she is 4 years old) and she can do it pretty well on her own (with supervision at the stove, of course) I am going to try to make this cookies with her. She loves pumpkin.

      Reply
    11. dev says

      July 13, 2016 at 7:29 pm

      I have bookmarked your recipe, going to make them in fall. These looks like perfect pumpkin cookies and I like homemade cookies.

      Reply
    12. bonny says

      September 13, 2022 at 1:10 pm

      Excellent moist chewy cookies. Any idea of calories per cookie?

      Reply
      • Erika says

        September 27, 2022 at 2:24 pm

        About 112 calories per cookie if you make 36 cookies per batch. If your cookies are smaller, they will be less. I’m glad you enjoyed them!

        Reply

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