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. 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!
Forget just autumn. These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are so dang good, you’ll want to make them year round! (I do!)
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.
Add the pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla; beat.
Combine the flour, baking soda and spices
Add to the pumpkin mixture and mix. Stir in the oatmeal…
…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…
…and bake for 12-15 minutes. Serve warm with a glass of cold milk. Or however you and your family love to enjoy cookies.
Just one thing: it’s hard to eat just one!
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
With a light pumpkin flavor, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect fall twist to a classic favorite cookie.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 3 dozen 1x
- Category: dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 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
- Heat the oven to 350°.
- Beat the softened butter until it’s creamed well. Add the sugars and mix.
- Add the pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla; beat.
- 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.
- Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets and bake for 12-15 minutes.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
Keywords: pumpkin dessert, oatmeal cookies
Pamela says
These look YUMMY! I am bookmarking to make with whole wheat flour! Thanks so much for sharing!
Erika says
Good idea, Pamela!
Janine Huldie says
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 🙂 🙂
Erika says
Lol, Janine! You sound like me. Thanks for being so sweet! 🙂
Allie says
These cookies tasted amazing! I love that it isn’t overly sweet either! Love the recipe!
Erika says
Thanks, Allie! Glad you liked them. I’ll make you more soon. 🙂
ang paris says
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!
Katherine G says
These look so delicious!!! I would definitely try them.
April says
Mmmm.. Can’t wait to try this!
Elle says
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!
Ashley Nolan says
These cookies looks so good, I’ll be making these with my kids tomorrow!
Debbie says
I Love pumpkin. These look yummy. I will be making them soon. I pinned your recipe.
Maria Iemma says
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.
dev says
I have bookmarked your recipe, going to make them in fall. These looks like perfect pumpkin cookies and I like homemade cookies.
bonny says
Excellent moist chewy cookies. Any idea of calories per cookie?
★★★★★
Erika says
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!