Pumpkin Chai Oatmeal Cookies
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These Pumpkin Chai Spiced Oatmeal Cookies are wonderful and hit the mark when you’re craving super-moist, thick and chewy, hearty pumpkin oatmeal cookies!!
Healthy too! Because everything with oatmeal is healthy, right? You may love these Pumpkin Trail Mix Cookies and these 24 Oatmeal Cookie Recipe Makeovers if you’re in oatmeal mode!
Why You’ll Love These Healthy Pumpkin Chai Oatmeal Cookies
These amazing, hearty cookies are baked with homemade chai spices, pumpkin puree, oats, molasses, coffee extract, semi-sweet chocolate chips and tart cranberries, so look no further!
Good God Gertie! Let’s just cut through the chase. I’m a total cookie lover! So, if there’s a cookie in the house, don’t worry, (or maybe you should!) I’ll find it and devour it, healthy or not. And these Hearty Pumpkin Chai Spiced Oatmeal Cookies were so good, I couldn’t stop myself to stay out of these!
These pumpkin cookies are what I would call, very hearty breakfast cookies! They have 1/4 cup of cookie dough per cookie! My favorite part is tasting the tart cranberries with all the sweetness of the chocolate and pumpkin and chai spices. Heavenly and so easy to make!
My only downfall with these pumpkin oatmeal cookies are, instead of eating just a cookie or two for breakfast, I had one after lunch. then one after dinner and then one or two-ish before bed.
And then the next day began and it was like the groundhog day movie, starting all over again. At least I can feel good about eating these, right? 🙂 Pretty soon they’re gone! Another batch is calling my name!
Oatmeal and Add-In Variations
As for the oatmeal, I used Flahavan’s Irish Oatmeal but you can use whatever quick or rolled oats you like, with the exception of minute oats. I loved using this oatmeal in Mimi’s Carrot Cake Oat Pecan Loaf, too, so I’m kind of partial.
In fact, for other variations, add in your favorite chocolate chip flavor to make your personal taste to your liking! Add in some chewy raisins or your favorite dried fruits and nuts too!
So many options to make these trail mix cookies your own version with your favorite add-ins! Get creative!
Ingredients You Need
Pumpkin Chai Oatmeal Cookies
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- Flahavan’s quick oats or old fashioned rolled oats
- salt
Chai Spice Mix
- ground cinnamon
- ginger
- cardamom
- nutmeg
- clove
- coriander
Wet ingredients / Sugars
- unsalted butter, room temperature
- light brown sugar
- granulated sugar
- vanilla extract
- pumpkin puree
- molasses
- Nielsen Massey Coffee extract or Vanilla extract semisweet chocolate chips, I used Ghirardelli semi-sweet
- dried cranberries
Instructions How to Make Pumpkin Chai Spiced Cookies
- In a separate bowl, add the flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin chai spices together and whisk, set aside.
- Using mixer, cream the butter, and sugars together, then add in the vanilla, pumpkin puree, molasses and mix well.
- Add in the dry flour/oat mixture to the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and cranberries and set in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place parchment paper onto large baking sheet or two.
- Using a ¼ cup cookie scoop, put 6 cookies on each baking sheet and bake 15 – 16 minutes.
- Transfer cookies from oven when done and let set for 5 minutes before transferring to baking rack.
- Devour!
Pumpkin Chai Oatmeal Cookie Tips
- Coffee Flavor – Using Nielsen Massey Coffee extract with the Pumpkin Chai spices and chocolate really takes them to another level! YUM! And since these are breakfast cookies, why not have some coffee flavor included right in the cookies!
- Oats – Using old-fashioned rolled oats will make them more chewier, I used Flahavan’s quick oats, which makes them not as chewy as the rolled oats would be, but either one used would be delightful.
- Don’t over-bake these cookies, that way these chewy cookies stay moist and flavorful.
Ingredients for Homemade Chai Spice
Measurements of Chai Spice
- 2 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground clove
- ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
How to Make Chai Spice Mix
- Chai Spice is not just for tea! Mix all these ingredients together and store with your other spices. This recipe makes about 3 tablespoons worth.
- Double or triple recipe and also use chai spice mix in cookies, breads, pies, cakes and donuts! If you don’t have all the ingredients you can easily customize with what you have on hand. You can also buy chai spice mix
as well!
Storing Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookies With Chai
- Let these chewy pumpkin oatmeal cookies cool after baking then store at room temperature for up to 3 days in airtight container.
- For longer storage, store in the fridge for up to 6 days in an airtight container.
- Freeze for up to 3 months in an airtight container.
These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are great for breakfast or when you want something healthy, but hearty and delicious at the same time with delicious goodies included!
You may enjoy this Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf too!
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Hearty Pumpkin Chai Spiced Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ cups quick oats or old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ teaspoon salt
Chai Spice Mix
- 2 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground clove
- ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
Wet ingredients/Sugars/Etc
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 teaspoon Nielsen Massey Coffee extract Vanilla can be substituted
- 1 ¼ cups semisweet chocolate chips I used Ghiradelli semi-sweet
- 1 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- In a separate bowl, add the flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin chai spices together and whisk, set aside.
- Using mixer, cream the butter, and sugars together, then add in the vanilla, pumpkin puree, molasses and mix well.
- Add in the dry flour/oat mixture to the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and cranberries and set in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place parchment paper onto large baking sheet or two.
- Using a 1/4 cup scoop, put 6 cookies on each baking sheet and bake 15 - 16 minutes.
- Transfer cookies from oven when done and let set for 5 minutes before transferring to baking rack.
- Devour!
Notes
- Using Nielsen Massey Coffee extract in these with the Pumpkin Chai spices and chocolate really takes them to another level! YUM!
- Using old-fashioned rolled oats will make them more chewier, I used quick oats, which makes them not as chewy as the rolled oats would be, but either one used would be delightful.
Great cookie. Keep more like this coming.
Thank you so much Tammy! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
I really like the combination of all these tasty ingredients. I can’t wait to try out this recipe.
Me too, pretty much over it once once Thanksgiving is done, but up until them I’m in pumpkin overload too. 🙂 I hope you enjoy them like we did! Happy New Year Kimberly!! xo
I always love to make pumpkin things in the fall, these will be on my list for next fall! I’m particular about eating pumpkin, has to be in the fall, not winter 😉
I love everything about these! Pumpkin and oats make these cookies so healthy (so we can eat more, right? heehee) and love the added chocolate with the chai spice. Mnnn! Sounds like the most delicious cookies. I just started using that coffee extract and it’s SO GOOD!! Happy New years, Kim! Hope you had a great Christmas and holiday
Laura, I don’t know how long it’s been around, but I was just introduced a few months ago and it’s amazing!! 🙂
I am always up for cookies for breakfast! Also why did I not know about coffee extract???
LOL yes healthy-ish! Me too Wendy! Happy Holidays!!
I hope you do Stephanie!! They are so good anytime of day! Happy New Year!! xo
Oatmeal? Of course they’re healthy. Sounds like a well rounded breakfast to me.
Wow I love oatmeal cookies but never heard of any like these I have to give it a try for sure!
Everyone loves chai! Had to get in on the action too! Thank you Colleen!
You pretty much had me at chai!
You will love these Shannon! I love oatmeal in cookies and all the extras. Healthy yet delicious. I hope you enjoy them!!
Oh man, I am tempted to jump into the kitchen and whip up a batch of these right now, they look so dang good! LOVE the addition of the cranberries, I can imagine their tartness makes for a very pleasant pairing with the chocolate chops & pumpkin pie spice. Bookmarking this recipe for sure! And, I think once I make them, they won’t even last a day… I too have a problem with eating cookies in gigantic quantities 😉
Thanks Catherine!!
So much goodness and brilliant flavor combination in one cookie!! They really are perfect for breakfast, SO yummy. Genius recipe, Kim!! 😀
That coffee extract is the bomb Kelly! I got some sent from Nielsen-Massey for an upcoming post, so I’ve been using it about everything I can get my hands on! haha! And I know you love oatmeal like me! These are pretty awesome!
You hit it on the nail Jessie! Thank you for bookmarking!! 😀
Yea ‘duh’!! Totally agree Katherine! Thanks!!
Ooooh…looks like the perfect Fall cookie! All the flavors, textures and spices! I totally want to try that coffee extract. Sounds amazing! XOXO
I call cookies like this (which are among my favorite types of cookie so this is a high compliment) “vaguely healthy”. They have some nice wholesome stuff but they DELIVER on the dessert front. And yet I can convince myself that they are totes ok for breakfast. These look incredible – I am bookmarking this one!
These sound amazing!! So hearty and chewy and delicious. YUM!!! Total breakfast food (chai, oatmeal…duh)! 🙂
Thank you so much 2pots2cook! You are very welcome!! 😀 Have a happy weekend!
These Flahavan’s Irish Oats are a quick oats. You can use quick oats or old fashioned rolled oats, but not sure about instant. If you try it, let us know! Thanks dear! I hope you try them!!
Wow, another pleasant surprise 🙂 Thank you Kim !
Hello, Kim.
I really like to try your Hearty Pumpkin Chai Spiced Oatmeal Cookies. But I do have one question. Can I use instant oatmeals in this recipe? I really like to try it. It looks so easy to make.
These are such decadent looking cookies!! Oats, pumpkin,chocolate chips and cranberries!! So much yumminess in one cookie! I bet I could eat a couple of these alone for breakfast!!
Darn right everything with oatmeal is healthy! And cranberries too–they’re packed with antioxidants. (I think.) But I’d happily eat a handful of these cookies even if they weren’t healthy 🙂