This time of year, when the fields are full of pumpkins, and the coffee shops start serving pumpkin lattes, is when my daughter starts hinting for me to make these very easy pumpkin cookies. I’ve given her the recipe, but she likes them made by me. I got the recipe years ago, when I worked as a hospital cook, from Debbie, one of the other cooks. She used to shape the cookies into pumpkin shapes, mark lines into them with a knife, and decorate them with icing. I’m too lazy to do that:)
Easy Pumpkin Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups fresh or canned pumpkin, mashed or pureed
- 4 cups flour
- 2 cups quick oats
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cardamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup raisins (optional)
Preheat oven to 350F. Cream butter and sugars together, until light. Add egg and vanilla. Stir in half the flour, then the pumpkin, then the rest of the flour, together with the spices, soda and salt. Lastly, stir in the chocolate chips and raisins (if desired). Drop by the 1/4 cupful, and shape into rounds on a greased/sprayed cookie sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
These make a tasty, soft cookie.
Do you like pumpkin cookies? These are great Hallowe’en treats for a child to take to school.