Description
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cream Pies are soft, chewy pumpkin oatmeal sandwich cookies filled with a fluffy cream cheese filling, making them the perfect fall dessert for holiday baking, cozy weekends, and homemade treat trays.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon.
3. In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and creamy.
4. Add the pumpkin puree, egg, and vanilla extract, then mix until smooth.
5. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until combined.
6. Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies a couple of inches apart.
7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the cookies are set around the edges and soft in the center.
8. Let the cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
9. To make the filling, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
10. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract, then beat until fluffy.
11. Spread or pipe the filling onto the flat side of one cooled cookie and top with a second cookie.
12. Chill for 20 minutes before serving if you want a firmer filling.
Notes
Use plain pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling, so the sweetness and spice stay balanced.
Let the cookies cool completely before adding the filling or the cream center will soften too much.
For a thicker filling, chill it for 10 to 15 minutes before spreading or piping.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cream pie
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 260mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 62mg