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. :)



Pumpkin Pie Granola

This granola is super yummy and super soft (chewy) at least as of now...it is only Day 1 of making it. I am sure it will "harden" as the days go on. Seriously though, can you go wrong with something called Pumpkin Pie Granola? Not to mention that you can add in the white chocolate chips? Yum!

Here is what you need:

4 Cups Oats (I used Old Fashioned)
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or other spices that "add" up to pumpkin pie spice)
3/4 Cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 Cup pumpkin
1/2 Cup applesauce
3 Tbsp Mable Syrup (I actually had the maple, so I used it. I don't know if substituting in regular syrup would work or not)
1/2 Cup white chocolate chips (optional)
1/2 cup teddy grahams (optional)

1) Preheat oven to 325. Line cookie sheet with foil and spray it down. Mix dry ingredients in large bowl and wet ingredients in a smaller bowl. Once they are mixed, add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until everything is well-coated.
2) Pour onto the cookie sheet and spread out the best you can (it is very moist). Bake for 20 minutes. Take out and stir and break up large clumps if needed. Bake another 20 minutes. Take out.
3) Let cool completely and then mix in the white chocolate chips (I am sure regular would work too) and teddy grahams if you choose. Store in an air tight container for a week.

*Suggested serving size: 1/2 Cup for 150 calories

I used the white chocolate chips (YUM!) but I did not use the teddy grahams. Also, when I make it again, I will definitely add more cinnamon, but I am cinnamon kind of gal.

Enjoy!

PS...this is curteous of Pinterest...again....