Soft Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies with Cranberries and White Chocolate Chunks (including a gluten-free option)

My first impressions from autumn are quite bitter as it means that the summer is definitely over, there is less daylight outside and it starts to be colder. Fortunately, autumn has also its advantages! I actually love long evenings spent with my books or good movies, with a cup of warm tea or my beloved mate and some yummy cookies such as these ones! Soft and chewy pumpkin oatmeal cookies with white chocolate and cranberries melt in your mouth and have a nice autumn and winter smell thanks to spices used (cinnamon and nutmeg).  Those are the best cookies I have ever done and right now my favourite cookies and I can have one each day and cannot get tired of those! 

I made these pumpkin oatmeal cookies several times for my colleagues or friends, and they had a lot of success each time. People really love them – especially their softness and the cinnamon touch. They were not able to recognize that they were made of pumpkin ,though! 🙂

I love pumpkin season as I try to cook and bake a lot with pumpkin. When I bake with pumpkin purrée, I usually use less butter than indicated in the original recipe. These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are then also a healthier kind of cookies, as there is a minimum dose of butter and sugar used than in other recipes. I also included a gluten-free option, as they are so delish made with rice flour too! 🙂

Soft Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies with Cranberries and White Chocolate Chunks (including a gluten-free option)

2015-10-09 08:33:24

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Soft and chewy pumpkin oatmeal cookies that melt in your mouth and have a nice autumn and winter smell thanks to spices used.

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Prep Time

30 min

Cook Time

15 min

Total Time

45 min

Prep Time

30 min

Cook Time

15 min

Total Time

45 min

Ingredients

1. 2 cup normal or rice flour
2. 1 tsp. baking soda
3. 1 tsp. baking powder
4. 1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
5. 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
6. Pinch of salt
7. 1 ½ cup quick oats
8. ½ cup butter, melted
9. ¾ cup brown sugar
10. 2 tbsp. date honey / molasses
11. 1 egg
12. 1 tsp. vanilla essence
13. 1 cup pumpkin purrée
14. ¾ cup white chocolate chunks
15. ¾ cup cranberries

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
2. In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar and date honey / molasses until combined, then beat in the egg. Add pumpkin purrée and vanilla essence, whisk until smooth.
3. In a separate bowl, combine flour with baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Fold in the oats.
4. Gradually fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until all combined. Fold in white chocolate and cranberies.
5. Drop about 2 tablespoons batter per cookie on the baking sheet and gently flatten. Bake for about 15 minutes.

Notes

1. For gluten-free option, be sure to use gluten-free rice flour, gluten-free oats and gluten-free baking powder.

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