Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies
Ingredients
1 ¾ cups cooked, pureed pumpkin (15 ounce can)
1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
1 ½ cups flour
1 ¼ cups whole-wheat flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup raisins
1 cup walnuts or hazelnuts, chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, eggs, and oil thoroughly.
- Blend dry ingredients and add to pumpkin mixture.
- Add raisins and nuts.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased baking sheet, 1 inch apart.
- Gently flatten each cookie (use a spoon, bottom of glass, or palm of your hand).
- Bake 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
Comment
These make the morning go a little easier! I bake them the night before for a quick, portable breakfast!
I use this recipe monthly. I add Whole oats (1 Cup) with decreasing 1/2 cup white flour and 1/2 cup wheat flour. It helps to make the cookies and/or muffins lighter and not as heavy if you where to leave out the whole oats. Makes great Muffins!
I have made this cookie for public events and at home and they are always well received. I do replace the raisins with dried cranberries and use all whole wheat pastry flour.
Using whole wheat pastry flour is a great tip!
Would it work if I use gluten free flour?
Hello from the Food Hero team!
We reached out to our educators around the state and at least 3 of them have tried this recipe successfully with gluten-free flour, including successfully serving them to kids! They each added a tip to share with you as well -
Hope this helps and happy baking!
During COVID, sugar was nowhere to be found. I made this WITHOUT sugar and instead replaced it with dried fruit. Golden raisins and apricots worked well. I've made it multiple times and it seems 1/2 to 1-1/2 cups dried fruit gives different levels of sweetness. I've also replaced oil with applesauce successfully. Freezes excellent
Hello from the Food Hero team!
Thanks for sharing your creative ingredient change. We love hearing how flexible Food Hero recipes can be, especially when ingredients are unavailable. Thanks also for letting everyone know you've found the Breakfast Pumpkin Cookies to freeze well.
We reduced the sugar in this recipe by 1/3. Our testers found them to be plenty sweet while still having a texture similar to the original. We hope you enjoy them!
Food Hero Team