The Best Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Made with pumpkin, spices, and oats, these soft and chewy pumpkin oatmeal cookies are so good you won't be able to eat just one!
Servings: 2 Dozen
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 ½ cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar (packed)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- ⅓ cup pumpkin puree
Salted Caramel Drizzle
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 Tablespoons milk
- 2 Tablespoons caramel sauce
- a Pinch sea salt
Instructions
- To begin, place butter in a large microwave-safe mixing bowl. Melt for about 30 seconds, or until partially melted. Stir and set aside to cool.
- In a separate bowl, stir together oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
- Next, whisk together melted butter and both sugars. Then add vanilla and egg yolk to the sugar mixture. Add pumpkin puree and stir until just incorporated.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients and stir lightly until mixed.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Remove dough from fridge and preheat oven to 350℉.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and use a medium-sized cookie scoop to drop cookies onto the baking sheet. Carefully flatten cookies with the bottom of a glass tumbler (if desired).
- Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes before transfering cookies to a cooling rack. Drizzle with salted caramel frosting and enjoy!