Healthy Pumpkin Cookies Recipe
Enjoy these light, fluffy, and delicious healthy pumpkin cookies - made without butter or oil and have reduced sugar.
Serving24 Cookies
Ingredients
- 15 ounces canned pumpkin puree
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix pumpkin, apple sauce, sugar and vanilla until well combined.
- Add baking soda, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice and flour. Stir until well combined
- Fold in dark chocolate chips.
- Drop by large, rounded tablespoons onto a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray or covered in parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to brown around the edges.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for two minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack and cool completely.
Notes
We used dark chocolate chips in this recipe, but you can use milk or semi sweet.
Nutrition
Calories: 116 kcal · Carbohydrates: 22 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 3 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Cholesterol: 1 mg · Sodium: 97 mg · Potassium: 124 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 12 g · Vitamin A: 2758 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 42 mg · Iron: 1 mg