Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

I made these cookies for a Halloween party my sister-in-law had this weekend. I tweeked a recipe I already had, to use whole wheat flour and added oats. I really like heartiness the oats give it. This cookie has a cake like texture. I am still looking for a oatmeal pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe that has a cripy outside and chewy inside. This recipe makes alot of cookies. You can freeze the extras for later, share some with your neighbors, or cut the recipe in half.

Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Submitted by Kelly Marsden

1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks)
2 cups dark brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 large can pure pumpkin
3 tsp. vanilla
2 cups whole wheat flour
3 cups rolled oats
3/4 tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking soda
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips


Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugar in kitchen aid mixer. Next mix in pumpkin and vanilla until smooth. In separate bowl combined dry ingredients whole wheat flour, rolled oats, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Slowly add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough (approx two tablespoons) onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Makes 6 dozen cookies.