Mushy and chewy, with a burst of pumpkin taste, these should not your grandmother’s oatmeal cookies. Canned pumpkin stands in for the butter usually utilized in oatmeal cookies. Make sure you blot the pumpkin dry briefly with paper towels to take away extra moisture — in any other case, the cookies could also be too moist. Be at liberty so as to add a handful of heart-healthy walnuts to the batter should you’re so inclined.
2/3 cup (150g) canned pumpkin, blotted with a paper towel
2/3 cup (120g) coconut sugar
1/4 cup (59ml) coconut oil, melted
1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup (75g) raisins
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and put aside. In a big bowl, whisk collectively the oats, flour, flaxseeds, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In one other bowl, whisk collectively the pumpkin, sugar, coconut oil, egg yolk and vanilla. Add the moist elements to the dry elements and stir till moistened. Add the raisins and stir to mix.
Drop the dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto the ready baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches aside. Press down on every cookie with a fork to flatten the cookies slightly. Bake till golden brown on the underside, 12–quarter-hour, rotating baking sheets from high to backside and again to entrance as soon as whereas baking.
Switch to a cooling rack and funky fully. Retailer in an hermetic container, layered with parchment, for as much as 5 days.