Pumpkin Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies are the best fall treat! They are as tasty as your usual creme oatmeal cookies with a touch of yummy pumpkin flavor!
Pumpkin Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies will bring on the nostalgia for your classic oatmeal crème cookie, but they will please your taste buds in a more sophisticated manner. The oatmeal pumpkin cookie brings with it a fun texture and paired with the sweet maple cream will be quite the crowd pleaser.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 ½ cups quick oatmeal
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
Maple Buttercream Frosting
- 2 Tbsp. butter, melted
- 1 ½ Tbsp. milk
- 2 tsp. maple extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Cream shortening and sugars. Beat in egg, vanilla, and pumpkin. Add dry ingredients. If too sticky slowly add more flour. (you can substitute in 1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice for the spices)
- Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Makes 20 sandwich cookies.
- Once cookies have cooled make into sandwiches using the maple buttercream.
- Whisk together until smooth. Add more milk or sugar to get desired spreading consistency. You can also use maple syrup for flavoring.
If you like these Pumpkin Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies you will love our other favorite pumpkin recipes:
- Pumpkin Pudding Cookies
- The Best Pumpkin Bread
- Pumpkin Pudding Cake
- Pumpkin Pie Dip
- Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake Bars
PUMPKIN OATMEAL SANDWICH COOKIES
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups quick oatmeal
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- FROSTING:
- 2 Tbsp. butter melted
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. milk
- 2 tsp. maple extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Cream shortening and sugars. Beat in egg, vanilla, and pumpkin. Add dry ingredients. If too sticky slowly add more flour. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Makes 20 sandwich cookies.
- *you can substitute in 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice for the spices.
- Once cookies have cooled make into sandwiches using the maple buttercream.
- For the buttercream: Whisk together until smooth. Add more milk or sugar to get desired spreading consistency. You can also use maple syrup for flavoring.
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