2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup quick cooking rolled oats, uncooked
1 teaspoon baking Soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease baking sheets. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, mix. Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition. Stir in chocolate pieces. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup of dough onto prepared baking sheet. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until firm and lightly browned.
Kendra in Raleigh Dec 9, 2008
Would make this again.
I followed the recipe perfectly, only I used fresh pumpkin that I had prepared through a food processor and was going to use for pies Christmas time. Perhaps that was my mistake, but the cookies completely flatted and melted into each other in the oven. not to mention they had darkened to a dark brown in 10 min and I had to pull them out, completely ruined. So i decided to chill the dough and add a good cup of oatmeal and 2 cups of flour to the mix to thicken it. Perhaps this time it was the over dose of flour that did it, but the cookies stayed put and cooked nicely -- to powder away in the middle as soon as I tried to take them off the sheet. They'll make a nice ice cream topping... I'm going to try putting the dough in a bread pan and see if it'll make a bar of some sort.
Janet in Texas Dec 6, 2008
Would make this again.
These cookies turned out similar to cookies for dieters baked with applesauce. They were very spongy and not very sweet. Not to mention, you could hardly taste the pumpkin, which is what made this recipe so tempting in the first place! I would probably up the pumpkin and bake as a loaf if I tried this again in the future. They might be more appealing as a bread, since less sweetness is expected.
jan in perth, australia Dec 4, 2008
Would make this again.
These cookies smelt soo good while cooking. I thought the ingredients were unusual but they tasted really good. We dont get canned pumpkin so I cooked fresh pumpkin. Will definatly be making again and wrapping them for gifts!
A cookie baker Dec 2, 2008
Would make this again.
I made these cookies and they came out perfectly. They did not stick to the pan or spread while baking. I did drop batter with a spoon to keep them on the small side. I added extra chocolate chips and they are melt in your mouth good.
I will probably add walnuts the next I make them, there will be a next time.
A cookie baker in virginia Nov 26, 2008
Would make this again.
These cookies rock they taste really good and would love to bake them again
