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Pumpkin Mini Monster Cookies

  • Author: Ann
  • Prep Time: 15 - 30 min
  • Cook Time: 30 min
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: About 40 cookies 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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  • 7 Tablespoons (100g) grass-fed butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3.5 oz. pumpkin puree (a bit more than 1/3 cup)
  • 1 1/2 cups oat bran (or quick oats)
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/4 cup peanut flour (powdered peanut butter such as PB2) – or 1/4 cup flaxmeal
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (or more, to taste)
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips (I used a mix of Lily’s salted caramel chocolate and pumpkin spice chips)
  • 1/2 cup chopped roasted peanuts
  • About 1/2 cup M&Ms (choose your favorite!) or Reese’s Pieces 

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F (180C) and line a cookie sheet with silicon baking mat or spray with cooking spray.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar together until fluffy. Stir in the egg, peanut butter, vanilla and pumpkin until well mixed, then add the oats, flours, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt and stir until combined. If the dough feels really wet and sticky, add a couple more Tablespoons flour or PB2.
  3. Now mix in the peanuts and chocolate chips. Form the dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter and set them on the baking sheet, flattening slightly with your hand. Press 2 – 5 candies into the top of each cookie.
  4. Bake for 15 – 18 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Let the cookies rest for a few minutes on the cookie sheet, then move to a wire rack. Enjoy!

Notes

Feel free to play around with the flavor of the M&Ms! I’ve used peanut butter M&Ms, salted pretzel M&Ms and English Toffee Peanut M&Ms and they’re all wonderful.

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Nutrition

  • Calories: 95
  • Carbohydrates: 10g
  • Fiber: 2g
  • Protein: 3g

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