Pumpkin-Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies

By Pebbles-2

Excite your senses with these tasty treats of slightly chewy oats, crunchy pecans, smooth chocolate chips, and the ever so soft cookie base. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups quick oats
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/3 cups light-brown sugar, packed
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups canned pumpkin puree
• 1 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, oats, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger for 30 seconds, set aside.

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy (occasionally stop and scrape down sides and bottom of bowl throughout entire mixing process). Blend in egg then blend in vanilla extract and pumpkin puree. With mixer set on low speed, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix until combined. Mix in chocolate chips and pecans (if you want some chocolate to show through set some aside to press into tops before baking). Let batter rest 5 to 10 minutes (this just gives the oats some time to absorb the liquids so batter isn't so sticky and cookies don't spread so much).

Scoop dough out 2 tablespoons at a time (I used a 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop, which I recommend using for evenly shaped cookies and fill it heaping), and drop onto Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheets, spacing cookies 2-inches apart. Bake in preheated oven 12 to 14 minutes.

Allow to cool on baking sheet several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.