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I can’t believe it will be October in just a few days. I can’t wait! I love the Fall. The activities, the food, the smells…speaking of smells. Do you want to bake a cookie that brings the Fall right into your kitchen? These Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are just the thing.
The scent while preparing the cookies is SO amazing. The cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves just fills the air. It’s amazing and they smell darn good while baking too!
To bake my Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies I used The Art of Cooking Silicone Baking Mat Set ($22). This set comes with three silicone baking mats one that’s 16.5″ x 11.5″ and two that are 11.5″ x 8.25″. To make my Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies I used all three mats. One baking sheet fit the large mat and another fit the two smaller mats. It worked out perfectly!
The nice people at The Art of Cooking say:
This mat gives your pan a non-stick surface for delicate or messy baking projects.
Mats are all BPA and BPP free. Produced using FDA (USA) and LFGB (Europe) approved materials, these are oven, microwave, and freezer safe and the silicone mats can also be used on the countertop for all types of dough.
Mats clean up quickly and easily with soap and water and allow to air dry. Mats are also dishwasher approved for top rack only.
The mats will not absorb food orders or flavors and are perfect for the avid baker or the seasonal holiday cook. No cooking sprays, oils or parchment paper needed, helping you save both calories and money.
I can attest that all of the above is true. These mats are so easy to clean because barely anything ever sticks to them. They have saved my pans from those awful spots that baking sheets get from stuck on food and grease. Plus they have handy rulers along the edges. Makes dough placement SO much easier. Love them!
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1.5 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- pecans
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 350F degrees.
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In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices together. Fold in the oats. Set aside.
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In a medium sized bowl whisk together the melted butter, molasses, and both sugars until well combined. Beat in the yolk, pumpkin, and vanilla.
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Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, gently mixing until just combined. Fold in both chocolate chips, cranberries, and pumpkin seeds.
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Place about two tablespoons of dough per cookie on your silicone lined baking sheet. Dough will be sticky and thick. I used an ice cream scoop to help me out. Top with one pecan each. Bake for 14-17 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Top with one pecan each.
Recipe Notes
When I say pumpkin seeds I do not mean the seeds straight out of the pumpkin. I mean the hulled pumpkin seeds. Inside the white shell. Although those are good in pumpkin seed brittle.
What is your favorite Fall thing?
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Krystle Cook – the creator of Home Jobs by MOM – put her psychology degree on a shelf and dived into a pile of diapers and dishes instead. She is a wife and mother to two rambunctious boys, sweating it out in her Texas hometown. She loves cooking, DIY home projects, and family fun activities.
Winner winner winner! I’ve made these but a different version…these look much better with both white and chocolate chips! And those mats are too cool! I have to get some of those!!!!
The mats are great! My husband and I use them almost daily and love that we don’t have to mess with dirty pans anymore.
Those would indeed smell lovely. I’ve been Susan Cooper using these mats and now you too. I think I need to finally give them a try.
Yes, the mats are awesome! SO easy to clean compared to gunk on a metal pan 🙂
Uuuuhhh…they look spectacular. Pumpkin and oatmeal are two of my favorite things. It’s now October so we are fully into the pumpkin season. Looking forward to all the good stuff associated with it even though I will not be here in the US. Will have to take a sample with me.
Yes, pack a goodie bag to go Tim so you don’t miss out 🙂
Hi Krystle. Stopping by from Bloggers Helping Bloggers. I absolutely love fall recipes, and your pumpkin oatmeal cookie concoction looks like such a treat! I can’t wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing.
I hope you try them Tatia. They are a yummy treat 🙂
Those cookies look wonderful Krystle. I love the smell of the spices you’ve used when they baking – makes the whole house feel cozy and comfortable, just what you need on a cool Fall day. My favourite Fall thing? That has to be the trees turning colour. Where we live that is always gorgeous, enough so that we have tourists coming up to check out the scenery.
Yes, exactly. The smell is so warm and cozy – AND yummy! Trees turning colors is fun too! Sounds like you live in a lovely area. Jealous!
Looks like a wonderful recipe. I am someone who cannot cook, I have no skill it at all. I think if I bought them from a store, I would probally burn them. Great article.
You sound like my husband. I bet you would do great if you tried!
Silicone Baking Mat Set seems amazing. I love the recipe of pumpkin cookies, i will try to try them soon.
It’s a great set! I love them 🙂
Recipe sounds good. I’m still in denial about summer ending so I’ll wait till the temperature drops a few degrees and then try it.
Hehe Ken. It’s still pretty warm where I am but it’s still October nonetheless. I’ll make it Fall in my head even if it doesn’t seem like it outside yet 🙂
Hi Krystle,
Those cookies look dangerously delicious, I’m adding them to my desserts board on Pinterest! Thank You!
Thanks Angela! You are too kind 🙂
I’m loving this Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie recipe to pieces. It’s the perfect recipe for this time of year. Great minds do think alike. I’m working on Fall and Halloween cookies today. 🙂
Thanks Susan! I bet your cookies will be very artistic and lovely!
They look utterly delicious and I say that as someone who can’t eat nuts 🙁
Awe that’s a shame. They are tasty and that’s from someone who’s not big into pumpkin! You could always not put the pecans on them 🙂