Yield: 12 cookies
Serving size: 1 cookie
Calories: 73 per cookie
Ingredients
¾ cup quick oats
½ cup oat flour
¼ cup sugar
3-5 tablespoons dark chocolate chips or cacao nibs
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
â…“ cup canned pumpkin or mashed sweet potato
â…“ cup almond butter or natural peanut butter
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon chia seeds
Let’s Bake, or Not!
Pop these in the oven, or make a no-bake version.
- If baking, preheat oven to 350° F.
- Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Add nut butter, pumpkin or mashed sweet potato and vanilla. Mix into a batter. If needed, soften the nut butter first to make it easier to stir.
- Roll dough into balls, place them on a cookie sheet and flatten slightly.
- If baking, put in the oven for 10 minutes. Let them cool for another 10 minutes. They will firm up as they cool.
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