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Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookies

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Author Deb Attinella {Cooking on the Front Burner}

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup steel oats
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 cups craisins
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 soft butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup pumpkin
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 and line cookie sheets with parchment paper
  2. Prepare oats by bringing 1 cup water to boil and then add oats. Cook for about 10 minutes then add craisins and set aside. (you may substitute 1 cup regular oatmeal instead of steel oats but don’t cook-add later with dry ingredients along with craisins)
  3. Combine in mixing bowl butter and sugars beating until smooth. Then add egg and vanilla-beating well then add pumpkin.
  4. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Add slowly to pumpkin mixture.
  5. Stir in oats, craisins and chocolate chips
  6. Place about 1 1/2 Tablespoons on paper and bake for 10 minutes until light brown. Leave on cookie sheet for 2 minutes then cool on wire rack.