It’s not autumn without a healthy dose of pumpkin recipes! The other day Alyssa (who blogs over here) posted on Facebook that she was whipping up a batch of pumpkin cookies, and of course we all clamored for the recipe! It got me browsing around looking at different pumpkin cookie recipes, pumpkin drink recipes, and all other manner of pumpkin-flavored things in between.
Well, going back to the cookies: after looking at a few different recipes and tinkering with some vegan substitutions, here’s what I baked up today! These cookies are not only vegan, they’re easy to make and super-delicious.
You’ll need:
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 cup chocolate chips (or break up a vegan chocolate bar into small chunks)
- 1 cup dried cranberries
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix the pumpkin and oil together in a mixing bowl. In a separate small bowl, mix together the flour, sugar and other dry ingredients, except for the chocolate chips and cranberries. Add to the larger bowl and blend well. Add in the chocolate chips and cranberries, using more or less to taste. (I like tons and tons in my cookies, but you might use less or even omit one or the other.)
Drop in even spoonfuls onto cookie sheets and bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Makes two dozen cookies.
13 Comments
Alex Gladwin
Oh yum. They look tasty!
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Martha Woods
They are! :)
precious olubiyi
Omg please tell me they’re not all gone because they look amazing
Martha Woods
LOL well I did eat three right away! :P But I’m trying not to gobble them all down at once!
Alyssa Collazo
Omg these look amazing!!! I’m definitely going to have to try again with Cranberries!!!
Martha Woods
Hope they turn out for you! You probably don’t even need to use this recipe if you don’t want to do a vegan version, you could just use your recipe and toss in the cranberries! They are definitely tasty :)
Katrin
Oh wow, I would love to have some right now! They look so delicious! Thanks so much for sharing! And no excuse me, I need to go and find something to eat. :)
Martha Woods
They are delicious! I need to make more, lol
Yun, The Polish Hideout
Ooh those look delicious! I love anything pumpkin. I think my favs are pumpkin roll and pumpkin fried rice. Now I’m hungry hehe. :P
~ Yun
Martha Woods
Oh man, that sounds divine. It’s been too long since I had fried rice, and I’ve never had it with pumpkin!
Yun, The Polish Hideout
I’ve only found one place around here that makes pumpkin fried rice, and it’s divine! There’s little bits of bacon in there, and they hollow out a baked pumpkin and serve the fried rice in there. You can eat the pumpkin if you’re still hungry after the rice is gone lol.
MakeUp Guinea Pig
Those sounds and look delicious!!! I may have to try a batch. :)
Martha Woods
You should! They are soooo tasty. I can’t stop eating them!