Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Breakfast Cookies

By dette

First up, Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies, amped with multiple superfood ingredients from the pumpkin to whole wheat, flax seeds to yogurt.
I like to put the walnuts on top so that they can toast as the cookies bake (saving the step of toasting nuts before adding to the batter). Also, it allows nut-loathers to pick off the nuts with ease.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup canned unsweetened pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar or evaporated cane juice
• 1/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups white whole wheat flour (e.g. King Arthur brand or see note below for tip)
• 1/4 cup ground flax seeds (flaxseed meal)
• 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (see tip below)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup raisins or dried cranberries
• Optional: 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Details

Servings 3

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silpats, or lightly coat with cooking spray.

Makes about 2-1/2 dozen cookies

1. In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, sugar, yogurt, egg, oil and vanilla in a until smooth. Stir in raisins. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt.

2. Stir the dry ingredients and raisins into the wet with a wooden spoon, mixing just until just blended.

3. Drop the batter by tablespoonfuls (or use a cookie scoop) onto prepared cookie sheet, spacing cookies about 2 inches apart. If desired, gently press a few chopped nuts on tops of cookies.
4. Bake 11-14 minutes until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool. Repeat with remaining batter.

Vegan Variation: Replace the egg and yogurt with a 6-ounce container of plain or vanilla non-dairy yogurt (e.g., rice yogurt or soy yogurt)

Tips:

Pumpkin Pie Spice: For your own pumpkin pie spice blend, combine 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 1/4 tsp ground allspice, and 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg or cloves.


White Whole Wheat Flour: If you have Kroger stores in your area, look for their store-brand of white whole wheat flour–it is literally half the cost of the King Arthur brand. I imagine other supermarkets are following suit, so check to see if there is a store-brand at your local supermarket, too. You can also use 1 cup regular whole wheat flour + 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour in place of the white whole wheat flour, or 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour.