Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy cookies with rich buttery cookie dough, spiced pumpkin flavor, and gooey chocolate chips. Each bite tastes like the flavors of Fall. They’re the perfect addition to a Fall bake sale, Halloween party, and so much more!
Do you love baking with pumpkin? I do and this Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is one of my favorites! You might also enjoy this Pumpkin Cake with Cake Mix.
Why You’ll Love These Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies!
- Homemade Cookies. These pumpkin cookies are made entirely from scratch, with love, and with such simplicity, that you won’t believe it!
- Pumpkin Pie in Cookie Form. THESE cookies right here are perfectly flavored with ingredients like cinnamon, vanilla extract, and pumpkin puree.
- Soft Pillowy Cookies. The baking soda helps them rise to fluffy perfection while the pumpkin puree keeps them moist and irresistibly decadent, and the oats add a bit of chewiness.
- Easy Recipe and Ingredients. These scrumptious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies come together with simple ingredients and easy-to-follow steps.
5 Star Review
These cookies are delicous! Best of both worlds oatmeal cookie and chocolate chip cookie!
Kate~
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour: Gives the cookies their delicious structure.
- Oatmeal: This recipe uses quick-cooking oats. These oats are processed into smaller pieces which works well in this pumpkin cookie recipe. If all you have are regular oats you can place them in a food processor and pulse a few times to break them down a bit more.
- Baking soda: These cookies rely on baking soda to give them a bit of lift.
- Ground cinnamon: The perfect warming spice to use when baking with pumpkin.
- Salt: Even your desserts need a bit of salt. It works wonders to enhance the flavor of your cookies.
- Butter: Use unsalted butter for the best flavor. Make sure you pull it out of the fridge and let it soften a bit at room temperature before mixing.
- Sugar: These cookies are made with both brown sugar and granulated sugar. The higher ratio of brown sugar keeps the pumpkin cookies with chocolate chips soft and also gives them a more complex flavor thanks to the molasses used to make brown sugar.
- Pumpkin: Make sure you grab 100% pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling.
- Vanilla extract: Pure vanilla extract is best to add hints of warmth, natural sweetness, and aroma to your cookies.
- Chocolate chips: I like the extra sweetness of milk chocolate chips with the pumpkin.
How To Make Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
- Whisk. Whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
- Mix. Use an electric or stand mixer to cream together the butter and sugars. Then add the pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla extract and mix.
- Add. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and mix until just combined. Do NOT over-mix!
- Stir. Stir in the chocolate chips with a spatula.
- Scoop. Scoop the cookie dough into balls about two tablespoons each and place onto a prepared baking sheet. Bake your cookies.
- Bake. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, then rotate the baking sheet clockwise and bake for an additional 4-5 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.
Tips & Variations
- Extra Chips on Top. As soon as you take the cookies out of the oven, place 3-5 additional chocolate chips on top of the cookies. The heat of the cookies will melt them into the top of the cookies. This makes a more visually stunning cookie.
- Add Some Nuts or Seeds. Pumpkin seeds, walnuts, or pecans would all work well. Chop them up and add them along with the chocolate chips.
- Use a Cookie Scoop. Scooping cookie dough is the easiest way to ensure you have even-sized cookies. Not only does this look better but it also means the cookies will cook more evenly.
- Experiment With Different Chips. Dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, and white chocolate will all work! You can even use a mixture of different flavors.
What To Serve With Pumpkin Cookies
- Appetizers. Start things off with this easy Pumpkin Dip as a tasty party appetizer! You might also enjoy these Air Fryer Stuffed Mushrooms and Crockpot Meatballs.
- Drinks. Choose your favorite warm fall beverages for sipping on while you enjoy your cookies. I love this Instant Pot Apple Cider and Hot Chocolate.
- Main Course. These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are a tasty treat after dinner. Enjoy them after main courses such as Savory Goulash, Chili Mac, Chicken Breast in the Air Fryer, and Air Fryer Hot Dogs.
- Dessert. Serve with other fall-inspired desserts such as Pumpkin Pie Twists, Caramel Apple Pudding, Apple Crisp, or Apple Butter Sugar Cookies.
Storing & Freezing
- Store. These homemade cookies will stay fresh for up to 7 days in an airtight container at room temperature. You can also freeze your baked cookies for up to three months.
- Freeze. These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies freeze like a dream! Simply roll the dough into balls and place them in an airtight container. You can freeze the cookie dough for up to 2 months. To bake them, place the frozen cookie dough balls onto a prepared baking sheet and bake for 16-18 minutes.
Tools Needed To Make These Cookies
- Baking Sheets. These are my favorite baking sheets to use to bake cookies and these silicon baking mats help the cookies bake evenly and not burn on the bottom.
- Cookie Scoop. A must for perfectly sized cookies!
- Mixing Bowls. These are my ride or die mixing bowls, I use them for everything.
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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 can, 15 ounces 100% pumpkin
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips
- additional chocolate chips, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 370℉. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt in a large size bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, using an electric or stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars together.
- Mix in pumpkin, egg, and vanilla extract until combined.
- Add flour mixture and mix until just combined. DO NOT OVERMIX!
- Using a spatula, stir in chocolate chips until combined.
- Using a cookie scoop/ice cream scooper, scoop dough into balls about 2 Tablespoons each and place onto prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes, rotate baking sheet clockwise and bake for additional 4-5 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.
- Immediately after taking cookies out of the oven, place additional chocolate chips on top of cookies, let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before moving them to a wire rack.
Notes
- Extra Chips on Top. As soon as you take the cookies out of the oven, place 3-5 additional chocolate chips on top of the cookies. The heat of the cookies will melt them into the top of the cookies. This makes a more visually stunning cookie.
- Add Some Nuts or Seeds. Pumpkin seeds, walnuts, or pecans would all work well. Chop them up and add them along with the chocolate chips.
- Use a Cookie Scoop. Scooping cookie dough is the easiest way to ensure you have even-sized cookies. Not only does this look better but it also means the cookies will cook more evenly.
- Experiment With Different Chips. Dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, and white chocolate will all work! You can even use a mixture of different flavors.
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Love pumpkin & chocolate together!! These cookies are so light & fluffy!! We make them all fall long!
The perfect cookie! These are SO good!
These cookies were perfect! We loved the texture and the taste was great, too. Thanks!
These soft and chewy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are so delicious and EASY to make! The perfect fall cookie recipe!
Oh my goodness! These cookies look divine and definitely wouldn’t last here at all! I’m so excited to make these for the weekend. Wish I could go through the picture…lol.
These cookies look so thick and delicious! Wish I had a few right now!