Pumpkin Spiced Oatmeal Cookies

I whipped these up in no time, and they were the perfect snack! They are actually healthy, too! This recipe was modified from SkinnyTaste.com. Check it out!

Pumpkin Spiced Oatmeal Cookies

Picture from www.skinnytaste.com (once again I forgot to snap a pic of mine!)

I took these cookies on a trip and they were a hit! Great aroma, too!

Ingredients 

1 cup all purpose flour

2 cups quick oats

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

2 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup unpacked brown sugar

1 large egg

6 tbsp canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)

2 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions

1) Preheat oven to 350°

2) spray baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray, or line with parchment paper or a silpat.

3) In a medium bowl, combineflour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin spice and cinnamon

4) In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars on medium speed with electric or stand mixer   

5) Add the egg, then pumpkin, and vanilla extract

6) Stir in the flour mixture until just combined and no streaks of flour remain (if adding pecans, stir in here)

7) Drop dough by tablespoon-full onto prepared baking sheets. 

*Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.
Cool completely on wire rack.

Gina (at skinnytaste.com) has already done all of the math for you. Thank you, Gina!

Here's what she came up with (and this is with pecans):

Makes 32 cookies, 1 tbsp each.  

Servings: 16 • Serving Size: 2 cookies • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 5 pts
Calories: 165.2 • Fat: 6.3 g • Protein: 3.3 g • Carb: 26.3 g • Fiber: 1.6 g • Sugar: 13 g
Sodium: 149.4 mg 

*Click HERE to print this recipe

Just think, if you omitted the pecans like I did (only because I don't like nuts in my baked goods) you saved some calories there. But who's counting anyway? :) I even ate a couple of these for breakfast one day. It was like pumpkin oatmeal to-go! Speaking of pumpkin oatmeal, I've got a good recipe for that coming up soon!

Until the next pumpkin dessert!