a mean fall cookie.

i adapted this recipe to make these oatmeal pumpkin cookies for halloween. they pretty much rock. (like the extra super-duper spooky lighting in the photo?)

 

 

pumpkin oatmeal cookies

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour*
1 1/3 cups organic rolled oats*
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground nutmeg

1/2 cup raw sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
just under 2/3 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons molasses (coat tablespoon with some oil beforehand; molasses will slide off nicely - thanks for the tip, martha!)
1 cup canned organic pumpkin, or cooked pureed pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon ground flax seeds

1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
1 cup raisins or chopped dried bing cherries (the bing cherries make them really, really good)

preheat oven to 350.

mix together flour, oats, baking soda, salt and spices.

in a separate bowl, mix together sugar, oil, molasses, pumpkin, vanilla and flax seeds until very well combined. add dry ingredients to wet in 3 batches, folding to combine. fold in walnuts and raisins/dried bing cherries.

drop by tablespoons onto greased (i used silpat) cookie sheets. they don't spread very much so they can be placed only an inch apart. flatten the tops of the cookies with a fork or with your fingers, to press into cookie shape. bake for 20 minutes at 350. if you are using two sheets of cookies on 2 levels of your oven, rotate the sheets halfway through for even baking. you'll have enough batter for 4 trays.

remove from oven and get cookies onto a wire rack to cool.

*i like bob's red mill organic products.