Pumpkin Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

I wanted to make a healthier version of a cookie so you and Hunter could eat a quick and easy breakfast.  This is what I came up with.  It's pretty tasty. 

Pumpkin Oatmeal Breakfast Cookie (adapted from this recipe)
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1 cup pureed pumpkin
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups Old Fashioned Oats
1 cup Quick Cooking Oats
1-1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 cups dried cranberries

In a mixing bowl, combine butter, honey, eggs, pumpkin, vanilla and stir well.  Add oats and stir until combined.  Let sit for 5 minutes.  In separate bowl, sift flour, soda, salt, and spices.  Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture.  Stir to combine.  Add cranberries and combine well.

Use a large scoop and scoop onto baking sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.  Press the tops down slightly to flatten the cookie.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 15-18 minutes. 

This makes 18-20 cookies.

We've also made these using the Butterscotch chips from the original recipe.  They are really good too!

 Pumpkin Oatmeal with Butterscotch chips

Yum!