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This Pumpkin Cookie Recipe makes a soft oatmeal cookie that is vegan, refined sugar free that kids will love. With it's easy one-bowl method you will love making it too!

A glass of milk with two pumpkin cookies stacked on eachother one with bite taken out.

Why This Recipe Is Great For Busy Parents

  • This pumpkin cookie recipe is egg, dairy and wheat free.
  • Soft, sweet and full of fall flavor.
  • An easy cookie recipe that is made in one bowl.

Ingredients you will need

Ingredients for Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies laid out on benchtop with txt overlay.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutes

  • Pumpkin purรฉe: You can use canned, pumpkin baby food or homemade pumpkin purรฉe.
  • Peanut butter: This recipe will work with any nut butter or sunflower seed butter is a nut-free alternative.
  • Maple syrup: Honey can also be used as a sweetener for children over a year of age. This recipe will also work with brown sugar, coconut sugar or granulated sugar..
  • Oat flour: Making homemade oat flour is really easy, you just need rolled oats and a food processor or blender.
  • Dark chocolate chips: The chocolate chips are not essential but do add some extra yum factor for older kids. If you need this recipe to be dairy-free be sure to check the ingredient list of your chocolate chips.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Step-by-step Instructions

Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Pumpkin Cookie recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.

Step one: Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius (360 F)

Place all of your ingredients (excluding the chocolate chips) in a mixing bowl. 

Wet ingredients for Pumpkin cookies being mixed together in bowl with wooden spoon.

Step two: Combine until smooth.

Step three: Stir through the chocolate chips. 

Ingredients for pumpkin cookies mixed together in glass bowl on bench top.

Step four: Use a tablespoon or a cookie scoop to place spoonfuls onto a baking paper lined tray or cookie sheet. I use the back of a damp spoon to gently flatten the cookie dough balls.

A hand using a little ice cream scoop to place Pumpkin cookie mixture onto tray lined with baking paper.
A baking tray of Pumpkin cookies rolled into balls with chocolate chips throughout, hand holding a desert spoon carefully pushing down to slightly flatten cookies.

Step five: Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 12-15 mins, until the cookies are starting to brown on the edges.

Step six: Cool the cookies on the cookie sheet. 

Enjoy!

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Two cookies stacked on each other next to a cooling rack with more Pumpkin cookies on top.

Recipe Tips

Here is how you can make this Pumpkin Cookie perfectly every time!

  • I use oat flour for a smoother texture, however this recipe will work with quick cook rolled oats that haven't been blitzed into a flour.
  • When I have the oven on to make a dinner, I will often roast extra pumpkin so that I can easily make a sweet rich pumpkin puree for recipes like these cookies, pumpkin muffins or pumpkin pancakes.
  • The cookie dough can be quite sticky, if you use damp spoons and have damp hands it will make the pumpkin cookie dough easier to work with.
  • If you are a fan of pumpkin spice and would like to incorporate pumpkin pie spice flavor into your cookies add ยผ teaspoon nutmeg, ยผ teaspoon ginger and ยฝ teaspoon cinnamon to the recipe.
  • Store these cookies in an airtight container in a cool place for up to 5 days or freeze for up to four months.
A cooling rack of Pumpkin and chocolate chip cookies and a tin with some inside. A glass a milk and baking utensils on bench top.
Roasted pumpkin being spooned out
big chunks of roasted pumpki

How To Make This Recipe Suitable For Baby-Led-Weaning

  • These are soft chewy pumpkin cookies which makes them a suitable texture for young children. Be sure not to over cook the cookies you should be able to easily squash the cookie with your finger.
  • You can skip the chocolate chips if you are making this recipe for a young child.
  • Be sure not to use honey as a sweetener if you are making this recipe for a child under one year of age.
  • Using oat flour instead of traditional rolled oats in there cookies gives the cookie a soft smooth texture.
A hand holding up a pumpkin cookie with a bite taken out showing the inside, A baking tray of cooked cookies in background.

A hand holding up a pumpkin cookie with melted chocolate chips throughout, with cooling rack of cooked cookies in background with plate and glass of milk.
A cooling rack of Pumpkin and chocolate chip cookies, a pink ceramic plate with five cookies on it and a glass a milk. Some baking utensils on bench top.

Pumpkin Cookie Recipe

This Pumpkin Cookie Recipe ticks so many boxes, easy one bowl method that makes soft sweet vegan pumpkin cookies that your kids will love.
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Course: Baking
Cuisine: New Zealalnd
Keyword: Pumpkin Cookie Recipe, Pumpkin Cookies, Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 66kcal
Author: Stacey

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Ingredients

  • ยฝ cup pumpkin purรฉe
  • ยฝ cup peanut butter 125 grams
  • 3 Tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ยพ cup oat flour 90 grams
  • ยผ cup dark chocolate chips 40 grams

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius (360 F)
  • Place all of your ingredients (excluding the chocolate chips) in a mixing bowl.
  • Combine until smooth.
  • Stir through the chocolate chips.
  • Place spoonfuls onto a baking paper lined tray or cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 12-15 mins, until the cookies are starting to brown on the edges. s
  • Cool the cookies on the cookie sheet.
  • Enjoy!

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Notes

  • I use oat flour for a smoother texture, however this recipe will work with quick cook rolled oats that haven't been blitzed into a flour.
  • When I have the oven on to make a dinner, I will often roast extra pumpkin so that I can easily make a sweet rich pumpkin puree for recipes like these cookies, pumpkin muffins or pumpkin pancakes.ย 
  • The cookie dough can be quite sticky, if you use damp spoons and have damp hands it will make the pumpkin cookie dough easier to work with.ย 
  • If you are a fan of pumpkin spice and would like to incorporate pumpkin pie spice flavor into your cookies add ยผ teaspoon nutmeg, ยผ teaspoon ginger and ยฝ teaspoon cinnamon to the recipe.ย 
  • Store these cookies in an airtight container in a cool place for up to 5 days or freeze for up to four months.
  • These are soft chewy pumpkin cookies which makes them a suitable texture for young children. Be sure not to over cook the cookies you should be able to easily squash the cookie with your finger.
  • You can skip the chocolate chips if you are making this recipe for a young child.
  • Be sure not to use honey as a sweetener if you are making this recipe for a child under one year of age.ย 
  • Using oat flour instead of traditional rolled oats in there cookies gives the cookie a soft smooth texture.
  • Pumpkin purรฉe: You can use canned, pumpkin baby food or homemade pumpkin purรฉe.
  • Peanut butter: This recipe will work with any nut butter or sunflower seed butter is a nut-free alternative.ย 
  • Maple syrup: Honey can also be used as a sweetener for children over a year of age. This recipe will also work with brown sugar, coconut sugar or granulated sugar..ย 
  • Oat flour: Making homemade oat flour is really easy, you just need rolled oats and a food processor or blender.ย 
  • Dark chocolate chips: The chocolate chips are not essential but do add some extra yum factor for older kids. If you need this recipe to be dairy-free be sure to check the ingredient list of your chocolate chips.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0.02mg | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 795IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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