These Hearty Pumpkin Chai Spiced Oatmeal Cookies are wonderful and hit the mark when you're craving super-moist thick and chewy, hearty oatmeal cookies!! These hearty cookies are baked with home-made pumpkin chai spices, pumpkin puree, oatmeal, molasses, coffee extract, semi-sweet chocolate chips and tart cranberries, so look no further.
Healthy too! Because everything with oatmeal is healthy, right? 😀
Except, being that they are healthy-ish, I'm not staying out of them like I planned. (neither will you...just warning you!)
It was all just so innocent when I was in the planning stages of creating this recipe. I would eat these instead of eating the usual brownies , cookies or cheesecake for a change. These are what I would call, very hearty breakfast cookies! They are ¼ cup cookie dough per cookie!
Except, my plan foiled because as the day started, it turned into eating just a cookie or two for breakfast, then one after lunch. then one after dinner and then one or two-ish before bed. And then the next day begins, it was like the groundhog day movie, starting all over again.
My favorite part is tasting the tart cranberries with all the sweetness of the chocolate and pumpkin. It's like heaven!
Good God Gertie!
Let's just face it. I'm a cookie addict.
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. It doesn't stand a chance. Hearty Pumpkin Chai Spiced Oatmeal Cookies are so good, I couldn't stop myself to stay out of these!
I used Flahavan's Irish Oatmeal
but you can use whatever you like. I loved using their oatmeal in Mimi’s Carrot Cake Oat Pecan Loaf, so I'm kind of partial.
In fact, for other variations, if you want to leave out the chocolate chips, or add in your favorite chip flavor to make your personal taste to your liking! Add in raisins or your favorite dried fruits and nuts too!
For other oatmeal cookie choices, these Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies, BFF Dark Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies and these Healthy Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Cookies are all great recipes for the holidays or my favorite time, 'just because'!! Check them out!
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 ¼ 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 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.
Priscilla says
Great cookie. Keep more like this coming.
ChocolaTess says
Thank you so much Tammy! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Tammy Woodall says
I really like the combination of all these tasty ingredients. I can't wait to try out this recipe.
ChocolaTess says
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
Kimberly Hilbert says
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 😉
Dana says
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
ChocolaTess says
Laura, I don't know how long it's been around, but I was just introduced a few months ago and it's amazing!! 🙂
Laura Dembowski says
I am always up for cookies for breakfast! Also why did I not know about coffee extract???
ChocolaTess says
LOL yes healthy-ish! Me too Wendy! Happy Holidays!!
ChocolaTess says
I hope you do Stephanie!! They are so good anytime of day! Happy New Year!! xo
Wendy says
Oatmeal? Of course they're healthy. Sounds like a well rounded breakfast to me.
Stephanie Phelps says
Wow I love oatmeal cookies but never heard of any like these I have to give it a try for sure!
ChocolaTess says
Everyone loves chai! Had to get in on the action too! Thank you Colleen!
Colleen says
You pretty much had me at chai!
ChocolaTess says
You will love these Shannon! I love oatmeal in cookies and all the extras. Healthy yet delicious. I hope you enjoy them!!
Shannon @loveatfirstbento says
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 😉
ChocolaTess says
Thanks Catherine!!
Catherine says
So much goodness and brilliant flavor combination in one cookie!! They really are perfect for breakfast, SO yummy. Genius recipe, Kim!! 😀
ChocolaTess says
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!
ChocolaTess says
You hit it on the nail Jessie! Thank you for bookmarking!! 😀
ChocolaTess says
Yea 'duh'!! Totally agree Katherine! Thanks!!
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
Ooooh...looks like the perfect Fall cookie! All the flavors, textures and spices! I totally want to try that coffee extract. Sounds amazing! XOXO
cakespy says
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!
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
These sound amazing!! So hearty and chewy and delicious. YUM!!! Total breakfast food (chai, oatmeal...duh)! 🙂
ChocolaTess says
Thank you so much 2pots2cook! You are very welcome!! 😀 Have a happy weekend!
ChocolaTess says
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!!
2pots2cook says
Wow, another pleasant surprise 🙂 Thank you Kim !
Susan says
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.
Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes says
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!!
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says
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 🙂