Happy Halloween! These treats will do the trick to satisfy your sweet tooth! There’s still time to make some before Halloween! Or maybe Thanksgiving!
I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin flavored anything, but I AM a fan of chocolate chips and oatmeal, so I decided to give these cookies a try! Might as well get into the pumpkin craze!
I added extra chocolate chips and used dark chocolate chip morsels instead of semi-sweet! The cookies turned out delicious! Just enough pumpkin flavor to surprise your tastebuds when you bite into the cookie! I liked them more than I thought I would! I would definitely make them again……next year!
I use Avery Cooks website to find a lot of my recipes. This one didn’t disappoint. Click on her link here to see her beautiful pictures of her cookies….mine weren’t so pretty, but they did taste good! It’s not all about looks, it’s what’s on the inside! 🙂
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (use the remainder in these recipes)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon mild or medium-flavored molasses (not blackstrap, too intense)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla or pumpkin pie spice extract
- 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned whole-rolled oats (not quick-cook or instant)
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (a mixture of cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and nutmeg if you don’t have pumpkin pie spice)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS:
- To a large, microwave-safe bowl add the butter and heat on high power to melt, about 1 minute.
- Add the pumpkin puree, sugars, molasses, vanilla or pumpkin pie spice extract, and whisk to combine until smooth.
- Add the oats, flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, salt, and stir until just combined.
- Add the chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- Using a large cookie scoop, 1/4-cup measure, or your hands, form approximately 13 equal-sized mounds of dough and flatten slightly. Tip – Strategically place a few chocolate chips on top of each mound of dough by taking chips from the underside and adding them on top.
- Place mounds on a large plate or tray, cover with plasticwrap, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, up to 5 days. Do not bake with unchilled dough because cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading.
- Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place dough mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet) and bake for about 12 to 14 minutes (12 1/2 minutes is perfect in my oven), or until edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don’t overbake. Cookies firm up as they cool. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don’t use a rack.
- Cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.