August 1, 2019
updated May 17, 2023

4.88 from 32 votes

Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies make a delicious and healthy breakfast! Made with oats, pumpkin pureé and peanut butter they are gluten-free, vegan, and totally delicious!

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Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies make a delicious and healthy fall breakfast! I mean really, who wouldn’t want to eat a cookie for breakfast?

Grab your glass of milk and check out how these awesome breakfast cookies are made:

Along with the Carrot Cake and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies, these pumpkin breakfast cookies are 100% gluten-free and the perfect breakfast or afternoon snack. Plus, the batter can be eaten by the spoonful, because this recipe is eggless!

Keep reading to see how these breakfast cookies come together.

How to Make Breakfast Cookies Healthier

If we’re going to have cookies for breakfast they need to meet 3 qualifications:

They must be soft, chewy, and delicious.
They have to be made with healthy, wholesome ingredients that I can quickly grab from my pantry.
It needs to be a recipe I can make ahead of time and store in the freezer or fridge for a spur of the moment breakfast cookie!

These Pumpkin Breakfast cookies are all that and a lot more. Made with pumpkin puree, peanut butter, honey, oats and pumpkin spice they’re the perfect delicious texture and easy to whip up.

Since we’re making pumpkin pie cookies, let’s talk about one VERY important ingredient, the pumpkin.

Not only do we get to enjoy our favorite fall flavor (more pumpkin recipes here) but the pumpkin pureé adds moisture and makes these cookies soft and chewy. What more could you want?!

Best Ingredients for Healthier Breakfast Cookies

Traditional cookie ingredients include butter, all-purpose flour, eggs, sugar. While there is nothing wrong with enjoying a traditional chocolate chip cookie or two, I want something with more nutritional value for breakfast, and I’m sure you do too.

So let’s talk about the ingredients swaps this recipe uses to help make these breakfast cookies healthy.

Pumpkin puree

Pumpkin puree takes the place of butter and adds a ton of moisture to the cookie, so they come out moist and delicious. Also, let’s not forget how incredible pumpkin spice is, especially in a warm, chewy cookie.

Honey

Instead of white/brown sugar, these cookies call for ½ cup honey or maple syrup. The honey adds more flavor, and it’s slightly sweeter than regular sugar, so you don’t need as much.

If you want to make these cookies vegan swap the honey for maple syrup.

Fruit

You’ll notice this recipe doesn’t include eggs, thanks to the fruit! Most of my other healthy breakfast cookie recipes call for mashed banana which help keep everything together, but today we’re focusing on the pumpkin.

Either way, fruit is a great way to blend the ingredients together, give you a delicious cookie and add some extra sweetness to your cookies.

Peanut Butter

Much like the banana or pumpkin, peanut butter helps keep these cookies together. In case, you need a nut-free alternative for peanut butter, try one of these peanut butter swaps.

They’re just as tasty and the perfect alternative for peanut butter.

Since oats are naturally gluten-free, they make it easy to create a delicious and healthy gluten-free cookie. Unlike certain gluten-free flours, oat flour helps keep baked goods moist, chewy and dense, just the way they should be!

Here are a few more delicious gluten-free breakfast cookie recipes:

More Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Since we’re already on the topic of breakfast ideas here are a few more EPIC recipes I know you’ll love. Any of these options are full of nutritious, wholesome ingredients, and did I mention they taste incredible?

Go ahead, find out for yourself.

So many deliciously healthy breakfast options to choose from, but first, let’s start with these healthy pumpkin breakfast cookies!

Healthy Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Cookies

Laura Fuentes

4.88 from 32 votes

Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies make a delicious and healthy breakfast! Made with oats, pumpkin pureé and peanut butter they are gluten-free, vegan, and totally delicious!

Servings: 15 cookies

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 13

Total Time 23

Ingredients

½ cup pumpkin puree
½ cup natural peanut butter, or nut free
¼ cup honey
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 ¼ cup quick oats
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
½ teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, stir together the pumpkin, peanut butter, honey, and vanilla.
To the pumpkin, peanut butter mixture add the oats, pumpkin pie spice, and baking powder.
Stir the oat mixture into the pumpkin mixture until combined.
Using a cookie scooper, drop mounds of dough 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Using your hands, flatten, and spread each mound of dough shaped like a cookie.
Place the cookie sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool down.