Great Pumpkin Cookies

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"From a local community cookbook. A regular during fall baking season."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 36 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup quick oats
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup chocolate chips

directions

1. Cream butter and sugars, beating until fluffy.
2. Add egg and vanilla.
3. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with pumpkin.
4. Stir in chips.
5. Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake 17-20 minutes at 350 degrees or until done.

Reviews

[Riverside Len]

Delicious. What a great way to use pumpkin. I made a couple of subs. First off, I used old fashioned oats. I wanted my cookies to be puffy so I used butter flavored shortening and 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder instead of the 1 teaspoon baking soda. I baked them for 17 minutes. Pumpkin, oats and chocolate, that makes it health food, right?

 

[Madame Blueberry]

These are great! I use 1c all-purpose, and 1c white whole wheat flour. I freeze them, and put them in the kids' lunchboxes for a relatively healthy treat. Thanks!

 

[LonghornMama]

This is one of the only pumpkin cookie recipes I've made that comes out crunchy like a regular cookie rather than cakey. The longer baking time helps. Simple and yummy, the kids loved them in the lunchboxes. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[milyper_10962490]

great recipe!! I baked them 18 minutes and they came out perfect, very crunchy.

 

[missy.krouth]

I made a few adjustments. First off, I wanted a ginger-snap-like pumpkin cookie. So, I omitted the chocolate chips and ground up the oats into oat flour. I used 1 c. wheat flour, 1 c. unbleached white and 2/3 c. sugar, 2/3 c. brown sugar, and 2/3 c. coconut palm sugar to make them a little healthier. I used 1 t. cinnamon, 1/2 t. allspice, 1/2 t. ginger, 1/2 t. nutmeg and 1/4 t. cloves. I'd add more next time, but not quite double... These were yummy! Crispy and chewy :