3 Ingredient Healthier Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies (No Flour, Eggs, Refined Sugar, Dairy, Butter or Oil)
These healthier pumpkin oatmeal cookies are soft and chewy. They are just 3 ingredients and don’t contain any flour, eggs, refined sugar, dairy, butter or oil. The cookies can easily be customized and store well.
These pumpkin cookies are a quick and easy cookie recipe that works well for a snack or dessert. You can also customize them with spices and other mix-ins to suit your personal preferences.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin
- Quick Oats
- Honey
Pumpkin: These cookies get their pumpkin flavor from pumpkin puree. You can use canned or homemade.
Quick oats: Make sure to use quick oats which bind better and cook faster than rolled or old fashioned oats. Quick oats are old fashioned oats that are smaller and thinner pieces.
Honey: The cookies are lightly sweetened with honey. You can use other liquid sweeteners but the amount may need to be adjusted. If using maple syrup, you will need to add more to reach the same level of sweetness and would need to also adjust baking time.
How to Make Healthier Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
- The pumpkin and honey are first mixed together. The oats are then stirred in until fully incorporated. Taste and adjust sweetness as needed.
- If adding any spices or mix-ins, add them in now.
- Use a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the dough. Release it onto your prepared baking sheet.
- Flatten the cookies with the palm of your hand or the back of a metal spoon until they are thick round disks about 1/4 inch thick.
- Bake cookies for about 15-20 minutes or until done.
Cookie Texture
The cookies are soft and chewy, similar to baked oatmeal but in cookie form. The cookies are only lightly sweetened since they are meant to be healthier cookies. You can make them sweeter by adding more syrup or adding sweet mix-ins like chocolate chips or dried fruit.
Expert Tips
- If you don’t have quick oats, you can add rolled oats to a food processor and pulse them for a few seconds until they have the same consistency as quick oats.
- This is meant to be a simple pumpkin oatmeal cookie recipe. If you prefer warm spices with your pumpkin baked goods, you can add cinnamon, nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice to the cookie dough.
- You can make the cookies bigger or smaller to suit your personal preference.
More Oatmeal Cookie Recipes
- 4 Ingredient Apple Pie Oatmeal Cookies
- 4 Ingredient Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies
- 4 Ingredient Crispy Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
3 Ingredient Healthier Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (122g) pumpkin puree
- 2 tbsp (1 fl oz/30ml) honey, or more as needed
- 1 cup minus 1 tbsp (80g) quick oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Add pumpkin and honey to a large mixing bowl. Mix until the ingredients are fully combined. Add in oats and stir until they fully incorporated. Taste and adjust sweetness if needed. If adding any mix-ins, add them in now and stir until evenly combined.
- Use a 1.5 tbsp cookie scoop to scoop cookie dough and release onto prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies 1.5 inches apart.
- Use the back of a metal spoon or the palm of your hand to flatten dough until they are thick round disks, about 1/4 inch thick. Smooth and round the edges of the disks if needed. The cookies will not spread much during baking, so shape the cookies how you want the final outcome to be.
- Bake cookies for about 15-20 minutes or until done. Let cookies cool before removing and eating. Store cookies in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.
Notes
- I tested these cookies with Green Valley organic pumpkin puree,* Happy Belly quick oats,* and Kirkland raw honey.
- *These product links are affiliate links. This means I earn a commission from qualifying purchases.
How many cookies does this make?
Can you use stevia liquid or powder instead of honey?
Thank you
This recipe makes 9 cookies and you can use other liquid sweeteners but the amount may need to be adjusted.
These are quite tasty, a snack I can feel good about and share with the grandkids. I did add cinnamon, ginger and cloves as well as some chocolate and butterscotch chips.
Yum! We’re so glad you loved these cookies!
I used regular whole grain oats and taste much better than the quick oats.
We’re glad that worked for you!
Sounds like my kinda cookies
We’re glad you enjoy these cookies!
So good! Perfect breakfast treat! So easy and they look exactly like in the picture! My only difference was the addition of 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.
We’re so glad you loved these cookies!
Could I substitute mashed bananas instead of honey?
We haven’t tested this recipe with bananas instead of honey. You can use other liquid sweeteners but the amount may need to be adjusted.
I made this with blended rolled oats (that may or may not be 2 years old). And pumpkin pie mix instead of pumpkin puree. I liked them but my 3 and 5 yo boys did not like them. Would have been better with chocolate chips and maybe more honey.
My dog liked them too.
You can make them sweeter by adding more syrup or adding sweet mix-ins like chocolate chips or dried fruit!
If no honey , can you use white or brown sugar
We haven’t tested this recipe with brown or white sugar but you can use other liquid sweeteners but the amount may need to be adjusted.
What temperature do you babe them?????????
These are baked at 350°F (177°C).
Can you use regular oatmeal?
We recommend to use quick oats which bind better and cook faster than rolled or old fashioned oats. Quick oats are old fashioned oats that are smaller and thinner pieces.
Finally.. a one of a special kind, favorite and awesome PUMPKIN OATMEAL cookie!
We’re so glad you enjoyed these cookies!
These are so easy and delicious! They will be perfect for the cookie walk at my church this year! I have to make 30 dozen cookies, and these will help so much! Thank you for the recipe!
We’re so glad you enjoyed these cookies!
Can I use imitation honey in this recipe?
You can use other liquid sweeteners but the amount may need to be adjusted.
I did make them. I baked the amount of time in recipe, it they were still very moist. Are they supposed to have the consistency of cookies?
The cookies are soft and chewy, similar to baked oatmeal but in cookie form!
I love this recipe either way, but I am wondering about possibly adding non-flavored protein powder to this for an added boost. I’m going to give it a try and see how it turns out anyways, but I would love to collaborate with you on this and other recipes that could be boosted in different ways.
I’m all about hplf… High protein low fat.
Thank you for this!!!
Sarah H.
We’re so glad you loved this recipe! We haven’t tried adding protein powder so we’re not sure if it would turn out the same! Let us know if you give it a try.
Look good, but why not rolled oats instead of instant oats?
What’s wrong with adding eggs?
Thanks!
Quick oats bind better and cook faster than rolled or old fashioned oats. There is nothing wrong with eggs we just chose to omit them for this recipe as they are not needed!
Can I use freshly grated pumpkin instead of the puree? Thank you
You can use canned or homemade pumpkin puree. We haven’t tried this recipe with a grated pumpkin, you might get a different texture.
Can you substitute the honey with a zero calorie granulated or liquid sweetener? If so, which ones?
You can use other liquid sweeteners (we have only tested with honey) but the amount may need to be adjusted. If using maple syrup, you will need to add more to reach the same level of sweetness and would need to also adjust baking time.
Can the mixture be made in advance and frozen??
We haven’t tried that but it should work. You can also store cookies in an airtight container in the freezer after baking!
Could maple syrup be used in place of honey?
You can use other liquid sweeteners but the amount may need to be adjusted. If using maple syrup, you will need to add more to reach the same level of sweetness and would need to also adjust baking time.
I don’t have honey. Any chance real maple syrup would work for this recipe?
You can use other liquid sweeteners but the amount may need to be adjusted. If using maple syrup, you will need to add more to reach the same level of sweetness and would need to also adjust baking time.