How to Make Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Nothing says comfort food quite like pumpkin and oatmeal rolled into one delicious cookie!
Around here, once mid-September hits, I officially declare it pumpkin time. I’m always ready for the cozy flavors of fall, and honestly, I’m surprised October hasn’t officially been renamed Pumpkin yet. There are just so many delicious things to make with pumpkin!
Once the cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves start filling the kitchen, it feels like the happiest time of year.
But if you’re thinking, “Here comes another pumpkin cookie that’s soft, gooey, and kind of bland,” I’m happy to tell you: not these cookies!
I love a soft, moist cookie, but I don’t want my pumpkin cookies to taste or feel like pumpkin bread. Sometimes adding pumpkin to a cookie can make it overly soft and cakey, and you lose that wonderful cookie texture.
Why you’ll love these
These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are different. They’re moist without being gooey, hearty from the oats, and packed with warm pumpkin spice flavor. The oats give them plenty of texture, while the pumpkin adds just the right amount of softness.
And if you love pumpkin bread, don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with it. I have a great pumpkin pecan friendship bread recipe too. I just think pumpkin cookies should still taste like cookies!
You can find cute dish towels to wrap your sweets in and deliver them to a friend!
These are the kind of cookies I want when pumpkin season rolls around. Cozy, chewy, warmly spiced, and full of oats. Perfect with a cup of coffee or tea, and even better when the kitchen smells like cinnamon and pumpkin.
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Fun Add-Ins for this recipe: Use (3/4-1 cup)
- Chopped pecans, dried cranberries, with the pepitas on top, it’s a healthy-ish cookie.
- Chocolate chips or toffee pieces are fun ideas to add to the comfort of these cookies.
- I’m a huge coconut fan, and if you are too, add some to these.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons softened Butter
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3 1/2 cups oats, not instant
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup pepitas- roasted, shelled, and salted pumpkin seeds
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, beat butter and sugars until creamy, then add pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla.
- Mix in flour, oats, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
- Use a 2 tablespoon size scoop to form balls, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Arrange Pepitos on top of each cookie. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes, until the cookies appear golden and are firm but not gooey on the outside.
(adapted from Quaker Vanishing Cookie Recipe)
If you like pumpkin as much as me, here are some other pumpkin recipes you may enjoy
More pumpkin recipes:
- Pumpkin Cheesecake Cobbler
- Baked Pumpkin Donuts
- Pumpkin Dip great with ginger snaps and pretzels.
Would really love to try this upon seeing the outcome of the cookie. It looks lovely thus I want to know the taste of this cookie. Thanks a lot for the recipe.
I love oatmeal cookies and I love pumpkin! I love the two together!
These look beautiful and sound super tasty!! Can’t wait to try these!!!
JUST what I was looking for! I agree with you about the texture, and I love that it has oats!
Great idea putting oatmeal cookies with pumpkin!
yes, pumpkin season is the best! these cookies look so yummy — perfect with a cup of chai tea! 😉
I’m liking this recipe!!!
I SO agree with everything you said. I keep trying pumpkin cookies, but most of the time they come out too bread-like. It looks like you did it! These look chewy and…well…cookie-like. Can’t wait to try them. I made your pumpkin dip last year and loved it!
I saw someone tweet about these and had to check them out. They sound wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
These are calling my name and now!
I love the smell of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove too, it just fills the house with warmth when you are baking.
I’m actually eating an oatmeal raisin cookie while I’m reading this and wishing that I had some of your pumpkin oatmeal cookies. Honestly, I wish I had some of everything you’ve made with pumpkin!
Would love to try one of these – the pepitos on top got me!