Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 12 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup butter, slightly softened
  • 34 cup sugar
  • 34 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 3 cups old fashioned oats
  • 1 (11 ounce) package butterscotch chips

Method

  • 1.Preheat oven to 375 F. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon in small bowl.
  • Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, pumpkin and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
  • Gradually beat in flour mixture.
  • Stir in oats and morsels.
  • Batter will be wet.
  • For thicker cookies, chill cookie dough in the fridge for about 30-60 minutes.
  • 2.Drop by rounded tablespoon onto parchment lined baking sheets.
  • A cookie scoop works great here because the batter is on the wet side.
  • Bake for 7 to 8 minutes for chewy cookies or 9 to 11 minutes for crisp cookies.
  • **My cookies were still raw at 11 minutes; my cookie scoop must be bigger than the writer of this recipe; took more like 18 minutes for crisp, not overdone cookies.
  • Watch cooking time carefully.
  • 3.Cool cookies on baking sheets for 2 minutes before you remove to wire racks to cool completely.
  • 4.It's best to not store cookies in an airtight container.
  • Pumpkin recipes tend to get "wet" as they sit and it's better to let them breathe.