Perfectly Pumpkin Oat Cookies
Perfectly pumpkin oat cookies are gluten, dairy, and egg-free. They are nicely balanced with fall spice flavors and soft to bite into. Another way to enjoy this recipe is to substitute pureed sweet potato for the pumpkin.
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Here are some tasty add-ins for this pumpkin cookie recipe:
- Dried cranberries
- Dried wild blueberries
- Chopped pecans
- Chopped walnuts
- White chocolate flavored chips ~ the brands Bakers Choice and Enjoy Life are gluten and dairy-free
- Chocolate chips ~ an allergy-friendly brand like Enjoy Life
- Raisins
- Or any combination of these ideas
Once these cookies reach room temperature, try frosting a few with a gluten and dairy-free vanilla-flavored frosting. Store cookies in an airtight container or freeze them for longer storage.
To Make Perfectly Pumpkin Oat Cookies, You Will Need These Ingredients:
- Dairy-free butter substitutes like Country Crock Plant Butter
- Pumpkin puree
- Sugar ~ beet sugar is also an option
- Dark brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Mild molasses
- Gluten-free flour blend like King Arthur Measure-For-Measure Gluten Free Flour
- Gluten-free old-fashioned oats
- Baking soda
- Pumpkin pie spice ~ try my homemade version
- Salt
- Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips ~ Enjoy Life are allergy-friendly
- Raisins ~ optional but an excellent combination with the chocolate and pumpkin flavors
This is a great recipe to make the dough ahead and freeze in ball shapes or freeze the cookies baked.
Enjoy!
Perfectly Pumpkin Oat Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Dairy-free butter substitutes like Country Crock Plant Butter softened or Coconut oil (melted)
- 1/2 cup Sugar ~ beet sugar is also an option
- 1/4 cup Dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup Pumpkin puree
- 1 + 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp Mild molasses
- 1 + 1/4 cups Gluten-free flour blend like King Arthur Measure-For-Measure Gluten Free Flour
- 1 + 1/2 cups Gluten-free old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice ~ try my homemade version
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips ~ Enjoy Life are an allergy-friendly brand
- 1/2 cup Raisins ~ optional but an excellent combination with the chocolate and pumpkin flavors
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
- In a large mixing bowl add softened dairy-free butter or melted coconut oil with granulated and brown sugar. Mix until smooth and creamy.
- Add pumpkin, vanilla, and molasses. Mix thoroughly.
- Add flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and salt. Mix on low speed or stir to combine.
- Fold in chocolate chips and raisins or whatever you decide as an add-in.
- Drop 2 tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Slightly flatten the cookie dough mounds and bake for 12- 13 minutes.
- Remove cookies from oven and let cookies rest 3-5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- If you want to frost the cookies wait until they reach room temperature.
Notes
- Dried cranberries
- Dried wild blueberries
- Chopped pecans
- Chopped walnuts
- White chocolate flavored chips ~ the brands Bakers Choice and Enjoy Life are gluten and dairy-free
- Chocolate chips ~ an allergy-friendly brand like Enjoy Life
- Raisins
- Or any combination of these ideas
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