Iced Oatmeal Pumpkin Pecan Cookies
Classic old-fashioned oatmeal cookies with a twist! These are sweet and hearty Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies with a sweet icing and pecans sprinkled on top! They are full of oats, delicious pumpkin, and nutty pecans in every bite!
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1/2 cup butter melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3/4 cups pumpkin puree room temperature, not blotted
- 2 tbsp maple syrup room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 tsps baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- pinch of cloves optional
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
For the icing
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp vanilla or milk
- 1/4 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉/180℃ and line two trays with parchment paper. Melt and cool the butter. Chop the pecans and set aside.1/4 cup pecans, 1/2 cup butter
- In a medium bowl, add in flour, oats, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup rolled oats, 3/4 tsps baking soda, 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, 1/8 tsp allspice, 1/4 tsp ginger, pinch of cloves, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt
- In a large bowl, whisk cooled butter, brown sugar, and sugar. Add in vanilla, egg, maple syrup, and pumpkin. Whisk until smooth.1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup white sugar, 1 egg, 1 tbsp vanilla, 3/4 cups pumpkin puree, 2 tbsp maple syrup
- Add in the dry ingredients and mix until a soft cookie dough forms. Don’t over-mix!
- Scoop 6 cookie dough balls (I used a 1.5oz/3tbsp cookie scooper) and place on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 13-16 minutes. Mine took 16 minutes. Sometimes oatmeal cookies do not spread well, so your cookies are not spreading in the oven after 8 minutes, remove them from the oven and gently flatten them and place them back in the oven and continue baking. The cookies will be ready when the edges are a golden brown, but the inside will look very soft. Remove from oven and let the cookies cool.
- To make the icing, add icing sugar and vanilla (or milk) and mix until a thick consistency forms. Add more/less vanilla (or milk) until desired consistency is created.1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1-2 tbsp vanilla
- Lightly dip the tops of the cookies in the icing and sprinkle chopped pecans on immediately.
- Allow the cookies to set and enjoy!