Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Say what?!?!? Yummy!!!!!

I have had pumpkin cookies, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter/oatmeal/chocolate chip cookies, BUT I had never even thought of adding oatmeal to a pumpkin cookie!  Maybe I am just a bit slow on the uptake on this one.  I am stoked I came across this recipe.  New favorite for me :)

Here is what you need.

1 Cup wheat flour

1/2 Cup white flour

3/4 Cup sugar

1/4 Cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp nutmeg

3/4 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

1/2 Cup butter, softened

1 Egg

1 Cup canned pumpkin

1 3/4 Cup rolled oats

1 1/4 Cup chocolate chips

 

Preheat oven 375 degrees.

1) Stir together the flours, sugars, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt.

2) Add in the butter until the mixture is crumbly.

3) Stir in egg and pumpkin. Then add the oats and chocolate chips.

4) Drop by spoons onto a sprayed or lined cookie sheet.

5) Bake 10-12 minutes.

 

Notes: I LOVE these as they are, but next time I am definitely going to mess with the spices some more...I am a spice-type-of-person.  I also think that you could either use all wheat flour or all white flour--I am not sure as I didn't do either of those options. Also, my first pan did not really spread out, so on my next 2 pans, I smashed the cookie balls just a little. :)



Zucchini Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Anyone who either grows zucchini or lives by someone that grows zucchini knows that there is always WAY too much zucchini to try to eat. The stuff multiplies with a blink of an eye (so it seems). So, I am always looking for new recipes to try that use zucchini. One of my friends sent me this recipe for a zucchini cookie. So, of course, I had to give it a try.

Here is what you need.

2 sticks butter or margarine, softened
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1/4 Cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 Eggs
2 Cups shredded zucchini
2 Cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 Cup oats
1/2 Cup chocolate chips
1/2 Cup chopped walnuts, optional

1) Preheat oven 350 degrees. Mix butter and sugars. Add vanilla and eggs. Mix well. Add zucchini and mix until well blended.
2) Add the flour and baking soda until well mixed. Add in the oats, chocolate chips, and nuts (if using). Mix everything well. (I left the nuts out. I had to had a little bit more flours and more chocolate chips to compensate for no nuts.)
3) Spray a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. Drop dough by tablespoons about 2 inches apart.
4) Bake 15 minutes. Cool.

Enjoy!