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Jumbo Jack-o’-Lantern Cookies

Name: Jumbo Jack-o'-Lantern Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup quick-cooking oats; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup canned pumpkin; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips; Orange and green decorating icing or vanilla frosting and orange and green gel food coloring

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Total Time

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling

Makes

1-1/2 dozen

Updated: Feb. 10, 2022

Every Halloween, I'd have a batch of these cookies waiting for my kids when they came home from school so they could decorate their own. Eventually, they started bringing friends home to join in the fun.

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Orange and green decorating icing or vanilla frosting and orange and green gel food coloring

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternating with pumpkin. Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop by 1/4 cupfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Spread into 3-1/2-in. pumpkin shapes. Drop 1/2 teaspoon of dough at the top of each for stem.
Bake until edges are golden brown, 15-18 minutes. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Create jack-o'-lantern faces on cookies with decorating icing or tinted frosting.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 300 calories, 14g fat (8g saturated fat), 39mg cholesterol, 249mg sodium, 44g carbohydrate (29g sugars, 2g fiber), 3g protein.

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