Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

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  • Number of Servings: 48
Ingredients
Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, calcium-fortified, 2 cupsOatmeal, 1-1/3 cupsBaking Soda, 1 tspSalt, 3/4 tspCinnamon, ground, 1 tspNutmeg, ground, 1/2 tspGranulated Sugar, 1-2/3 cupCanola Oil, 2/3 cupMolasses, 2 tbspPumpkin, canned, without salt, 1 cupVanilla Extract, 1 tspGround Flaxseed Meal, 1 Tbsp (optional, but included in calories and makes them a little chewier)Walnuts, 1 cup, finely chopped Cranberries, dried, sweetened (craisins), 0.5 cup (can substitute raisins)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees; spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
Mix together, the flour, oats, baking soda, and sices.
In a separate bowl, mix together the sugar, oil, molasses, pumpkin, vanilla, and flaxseeds (if using) until very well combined.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 batches, folding to combine.
Fold in the walnuts and craisins.
drop by tablespoons onto lightly greased cookie sheets. They don't spread very much, so they can be placed an inch apart.
Flatten the tops of the cookies with a fork or your fingers to press into cookie shape.
Bake for 16 minutes at 350 degrees.
If you are using 2 cookie sheets on two levels of the oven, rotate halfway through for even baking.
Remove from oven, cool on cookie sheets for 2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
They will be soft coming out of the oven, but will become chewy as they cool.

These taste best when they have had some time to cool and set, and even better the next day!
Makes 4 dozen (48) cookies

Number of Servings: 48

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SLOWBUTSTEADY.

Servings Per Recipe: 48
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 107.3
  • Total Fat: 5.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 86.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 15.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
  • Protein: 1.4 g

Member Reviews
  • SPRINGBREEZI
    all is healthy in this recipe except the 2/3 cup of oil. Have you ever tried to sub for the oil? - 9/25/13
  • ARFIESMOM
    Quite tasty! I use a large cookie scoop and only got 36. I used a little less oil and opted for the raisins. They were still very moist. Will make again for sure! - 9/29/10
  • DOREMI
    Awesome recipe - I made (2) trays of larger cookies (32 total) and added 4 minutes to baking time. Good enough for holiday baking! - 8/14/09