Kids’ Kitchen: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

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It’s been awhile since we’ve made our pumpkin breakfast cookies, so when I suggested it as one of our kids’ kitchen recipes this week, Ella was excited but convinced me to make a slightly more indulgent pumpkin cookie.

This pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe is still mostly healthy, with low sugar, whole wheat flour, and real pumpkin – but all the kids seem to care about are those chocolate chips!

Oh yum! These healthy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are delicious, with browned butter and a hint of sea salt, while staying healthy with whole wheat flour, no white sugar, and real pumpkin. An easy kids' kitchen recipe for the pumpkin fan in your home

These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are chewy and just slightly sweet, allowing the taste of the pumpkin to really shine. We also tried making these with oatmeal, but the kids seemed to prefer the softer texture of these.

I also added a bit of sea salt to the “grown up” cookies – it’s my go-to flavour enhancer!

Also, like any “wet” cookie dough, these cookies bake a lot better if you press them down into a final cookie shape, rather than baking them as a ball or mound – kind of like how you need to squish peanut butter cookies down with a fork, these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies need a bit of decompressing before baking, otherwise, the center remains too wet for my liking.

We stuck to just cinnamon for these cookies, but I have made pumpkin spice optional. I have a couple of children who have had their fill of pumpkin spice for the season, but either way, these cookies are a delicious & healthy treat!

Kids Kitchen: Healthy Pumpkin Cookies - this site has a ton of healthy kids' desserts, and lots of delicious pumpkin treats!

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Kids’ Kitchen: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kids’ Kitchen: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. If using butter, brown the butter in a saucepan, melting it and waiting until small brown solids start to appear before taking it off of the heat. Set aside to cool.
  2. Preheat oven to 325F.
  3. Stir flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and optional pumpkin spices together in a large bowl. Set aside.
  4. Once slightly cooled, beat the browned butter or melted oil with the sugar until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat in the egg, pumpkin, vanilla, and optional molasses.
  5. Incorporate the dry ingredients into the pumpkin batter, one cup at a time. Mix until just combined.
  6. Add the chocolate chips, and then portion out tablespoon-sized mounds onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. (We prefer silicone mats to parchment paper, but use what works for you.)
  7. Press the cookie mounds down slightly, as the cookies will not flatten as they bake.
  8. Bake 12-15 minutes until firm to the touch.

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Oh yum! These healthy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are delicious, with browned butter and a hint of sea salt, while staying healthy with whole wheat flour, no white sugar, and real pumpkin. An easy kids' kitchen recipe for the pumpkin fan in your home

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