PUMPKIN COOKIES - Real Recipes from Mums

These cookies are moist and very tasty. The recipe is very easy to make, the hardest part being preparing the pumpkin for cooking. Great for snacks, lunch-boxes and picnics.

Ingredients (makes 72 cookies)

2 cups Raw Sugar
2 cups Cooked Pumpkin
1 cup Vegetable Oil
2 teaspoons Vanilla Essence
4 cups Self-Raising Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
2 cups Raisins (chopped)
1 cups Walnuts (chopped)

Method

In a large bowl, combine raw sugar, cooled soft pumpkin, vegetable oil & vanilla essence. Mix thoroughly.
Sift together self-raising flour, salt and spices, and gradually fold into pumpkin mixture, ensuring all ingredients are well combined.
Drop tablepoons of mixture on greased oven trays. Bake at 180 degrees C for 20 minutes until golden brown. Cool on wire rack.

Notes

For variety, you can use 1 cup chocolate chips and 1 cup raisins. Pecan nuts or pistachios are also nice to use instead of walnuts.

52 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 18 Nov 2024
    9:10 am
I love cakes or biscuits that include hidden veggies. It just makes me feel a little less guilty giving them to the kids ???? These have some great flavours in them as well. Very keen to give them a go and try out a couple of the flavour suggestions. Yum!

- - mom93821 said
  - 06 Nov 2016
    6:28 am
Truly delicious and moreish pumpkin cookies.

- - mom112217 said
  - 21 May 2016
    1:29 pm
A lovely recipe for afternoon tea,they look amazing! Thanks.

- - EllenG89 said
  - 05 Aug 2015
    7:17 am
wow what a delicious sounding biscuit!

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    8:44 pm
These look delicious! Thanks for sharing!

- - mom94125 said
  - 09 Nov 2014
    8:52 pm
lovely recipe. thanks again for posting this

- - mom94125 said
  - 17 Oct 2014
    10:29 pm
i like pumpkin recipes but they tend to be for the same thing so thanks for this

- - mom93821 said
  - 12 Oct 2014
    1:16 pm
Thanks for sharing this recipe, love pumpkin in food. Looking forward to making these cookies as they look delicious.

- - kazh said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    5:32 pm
These look absolutely wonderful. Thanks

- - mom57522 said
  - 12 Aug 2014
    10:36 pm
Simple enough. You’re right about the pumpkin being the hardest bit!

- - ginoula5 said
  - 10 Aug 2014
    1:48 pm
these look so lovely and delicious, love pumpkin in sweets, will try, thanks for sharing

- - caramello said
  - 17 Jun 2014
    10:38 am
looks good, thanks for sharing

- - twinmum2 said
  - 31 May 2014
    10:44 pm
I love the spices in these cookies.

- - Mrs Bucket (that's pronounced Bouquet) said
  - 31 May 2014
    2:02 pm
I like pumpkin scones so no reason why I would like these as well.

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 29 May 2014
    2:39 pm
love savory sweets, will have to try and make these next pumpkin harvest

- - sarah_wardleworth said
  - 21 May 2014
    9:16 pm
Good read thanks for the information

- - scottie said
  - 20 May 2014
    1:24 pm
my grand daughter loves her pumpkin so these should be good

- - sueban said
  - 02 May 2014
    11:09 am
Will give these a go this weekend thanks for sharing.

- - cheezel said
  - 04 Apr 2014
    11:24 am
a good one for the colder weather too – warm pumpkin cookies

- - kjgarner said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    11:37 pm
Thank you very much for sharing