Gluten-Free Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies
Did you know that today is National Pumpkin Day? Well it is! Don’t worry if you didn’t know. I didn’t realize it either until I woke up and began checking my emails.
I was all set to share this gluten-free vegan apple hand pie recipe that I teased on Instagram yesterday, but you can’t share apple pie on National Pumpkin Day now can you? No, no you can’t. Lucky for me, I had these gluten-free pumpkin breakfast cookies all set to share next week. So with a little blog magic switcharoo, here we are!
I have big life news. I left my corporate job in accounting last week to pursue my blog and my cookie company, Lush Bites, full time. I’ve been blogging here at A Dash of Megnut for almost 8 years and while I haven’t always been consistent (I’m looking at you 80+ hour work weeks in tax season), and the focus of the blog has definitely shifted, my heart has never strayed from this blog. So I decided to give it a go!
What can you expect? Well, a lot more recipes, that’s for sure. I’ll be in the kitchen more… testing, eating, photographing, eating, writing, and eating. I’ll also be sharing more with my gluten-free cookie subscription box, Lush Bites.
If you haven’t heard of it – go check it out! I send out cookies the 3rd Monday of the month all throughout the US. Always gluten-free and always delicious. There are a few other projects I’m working on with both of my companies but those will all be announced in due time!
So now that I’m working from home, I’m in need of healthy breakfasts and snacks around the house. These gluten-free pumpkin breakfast cookie fall into both of those categories which is why I love them SOO much! Basically, a breakfast cookie is a way to trick yourself into eating oatmeal.
They’re soft and chewy, and although they’re in cookie form, they don’t really taste like a dessert cookie. I love that they are super portable so I can put a few in my bag while I’m out running errands.
They also freeze beautifully so you can make a big batch and store them in the freezer for a rainy day. If you love pumpkin, you’ll definitely love these gluten-free pumpkin breakfast cookies. They taste just like fall!
Topped with dried cranberries and pepitas.. you can’t go wrong! You can use store-bought pepitas, but I think these roasted pepitas would be amazing on top, too!
Looking for more breakfast cookies? Try these Banana Breakfast Cookies, too!
More Gluten-Free Pumpkin Recipes You’ll Absolutely Love!
- Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread
- Baked Pumpkin Donuts & Gluten-Free and Vegan
- Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
- Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
- Pumpkin Apple Cider Turkey Chili
- Pumpkin Apple Quesadillas
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies {Gluten-Free}
- Pumpkin Munchkins
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ground flax meal + 2.5 tbsp water (can also use regular chicken egg)
- 2 cups gluten-free certified oats
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup pepitas
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup honey (use maple syrup for vegan)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. line two baking sheets with parchment paper sprayed with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together flax meal and water and stir. Let sit for 5-10 minutes, until it has thickened.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, dried cranberries, pepitas, chia seeds, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Stir to evenly distribute the spices.
- Add flax egg (flaxmeal and water mixture from earlier), pumpkin puree, almond milk, vanilla and honey. Stir to combine.
- Using a cookie scoop (see notes below), portion out 15 cookies. Lightly press down to flatten the cookies before baking as they won't spread. Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned. Let cook on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Nutrition
I’m Megan
A gluten-free food blogger from Chicago and lover of all things food, showing you gluten-free can be easy and delicious, too. Let’s make gluten-free stress free together! Read more…
You forgot to mention when to add in the ‘flax egg’.
Thank you Dani! I just updated the recipe to add that step.