I took my FAVORITE Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie recipe and pumpkinfied it (yes- I make up my own words), and then made them into cookie bars. Because lets face it….bar cookies are sooooo much easier to make than scooping all those individual cookie dough balls. These cookie bars are full of pumpkin flavor from pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice and a little pumpkin extract that I added. An easy pumpkin dessert to throw together for any Fall party…or Thanksgiving….or Friendsgiving!
I made these yummy bars for morning briefing after I promised the guys I would make them breakfast. What can I say??? In my world cookies are a completely legitimate breakfast food. Plus there’s oatmeal in these….so……yeah. Breakfast. Anyways. I didn’t hear any complaints 🙂
I know Thanksgiving is almost here and the excitement for pumpkin flavored everything will soon dissipate. This makes me sad though….I definitely think we should be enjoying pumpkin year round. And the Pumpkin Spice Extract from Rodelle is every Fall flavor all contained in one bottle. LOVE! So I will probably keep giving you random pumpkin recipes throughout the year. Pumpkin in July…it will be a new trend.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie Bars
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I used Rodelle Baker's Extract)
- 1 teaspoon Rodelle Pumpkin Spice Extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- PUMPKIN SPICE-SUGAR TOPPING:
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350-degrees and Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with foil. Spray the bottom and sides with baking spray. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, pumpkin puree, brown sugar and white sugar on medium-high speed, until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs, vanilla extract and pumpkin extract. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Change the mixer speed to low and slowly add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cornstarch, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Mix in both of the oats and the chocolate chips. Mixing until barely combined.
Remove the bowl from the mixer and dump dough out into prepared pan. TOPPING: in a small bowl, mix together the pumpkin spice and sugar. Spoon topping evenly over cookie bars.
Bake bars in 350-degree oven for 28-minutes or until the edges of the cookies are light brown. Remove from the oven and set on wire rack to cool. Let bars set completely in the pan before removing to cut into squares.
So tell me….
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What are your Thanksgiving plans??? James and I are both working on Thanksgiving because that’s the firefighter and cop life for ya!
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What is your favorite Fall dessert?
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Are you with me for starting the new trend of pumpkin in July?!?!
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I need to hear about your Thanksgiving plans so I can live vicariously through you!
XOXO,
Kelly
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8 Comments
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
November 15, 2018 at 4:58 AMI never knew pumpkin spice extract is a thing! But I’m so glad it is because these bars sound insanely good!
Maria Doss
November 15, 2018 at 2:30 PMThese would make great snack for the lunch box or along with a tall glass of milk. After all, ’tis the season for all things Pumpkin spice!
Amy
November 15, 2018 at 4:15 PMI’m sorry that you both have to work on Thanksgiving, but thank you for doing that. I am so excited that my family will be here this year, although a little bummed that my married son is on call, so he and his family will not be here. I love your new recipe – I do love pumpkin. And I love your new word too. I like to make up new words and I may have to borrow pumpkinfied from you. That sounds like a word that would fit into my vocabulary!
Katherine | Love In My Oven
November 15, 2018 at 6:44 PMCookie bars are the best – way easier than individual cookies!! What a bummer that you have to work on Thanksgiving 😉
The Baking ChocolaTess
November 16, 2018 at 9:24 AMPumpkin Extract!! Yes please! They look amazing Kelly! Pinning! Sorry you have to work!! 🙁
Kim Seghers (This Ole Mom)
November 18, 2018 at 5:18 PMYour oatmeal bars looks delicious!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
November 19, 2018 at 4:11 PMI used to love oatmeal cookies – but with ZERO raisins! I know I would ADORE this recipe because um, I love pumpkin TOOOOOO!!!! SAY HELLO to my mouth! 😉
The Baking ChocolaTess
November 20, 2018 at 5:17 AMWhat’s not to like? You have all of my favorites in one bar!! YUM! 🙂