January 20, 2010

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies


This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies, and they are really moist and tasty, and any time I can sneak a "vegetable" into a baked good, I think it is a good idea. I like to add semi-sweet chocolate chips too- to balance out the nutrition.

Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 stick of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 15 oz. cup canned pumpkin (pure pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling)
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt
3 cups rolled oats
optional - chocolate chips
optional - chopped walnuts

Heat oven to 350. Beat together butter and sugars. Add pumpkin, eggs, vanilla; beat. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients and then mix in to wet mixture. Stir in oats. Drop rounded tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes.  These cookies don't really spread at all, so you can pile them on the cookie sheet.
74 calories, 2.6 g fat per cookie (excluding chocolate chips, of course)

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