Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time Prep: 10 min. Bake: 11 min. + cooling
Yield 24 cookies
Test Kitchen Approved
These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are the perfect way to welcome the arrival of fall and cooler weather. Each one is perfectly spiced, loaded with chewy oats and studded with puddles of chocolate.

Ingredients

  • 1 can (15 ounces) canned pumpkin
  • 3 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line two 15x10x1-in. baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
  2. Line a shallow bowl with a double layer of paper towels. Scoop pumpkin into the bowl; top with another paper towel. Gently press to dry excess moisture from the pumpkin; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, cloves and nutmeg.
  4. In a separate large bowl, combine melted butter, sugar and brown sugar. Beat in egg, vanilla extract and pumpkin. Gradually add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients; mix just until dough is thick, wet and sticky with no dry patches. Fold in chocolate chips.
  5. Scoop 2 tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared sheet pans 2-3 in. apart. Use the back of a spoon to press the mounds of dough into flattened discs about 1/2-in. thick.
  6. Bake 5 minutes; remove from the oven and gently tap the tray 3-4 times on the counter to deflate and flatten the cookies. Return to the oven for another 6-8 minutes or until the edges are golden and the centers are set. Cool 5 minutes on the sheet pans before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 252 calories, 11g fat (6g saturated fat), 28mg cholesterol, 164mg sodium, 37g carbohydrate (20g sugars, 2g fiber), 3g protein.

These chewy pumpkin oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips are my favorite sweet treat to serve my family during the fall and winter, while curled up together watching our favorite holiday movies. —Lauren Habermehl, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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