After a weekend of overtime, leaf raking, random power outages, and a backed up sewer line, I think it’s kind of amazing that I can say that there are actually a couple of these amazing cookies left! 
The slight nuttiness from the oats blends perfectly with the pumpkin, and the sweetness of the white chocolate offsets the tartness of the cranberries.
All in all, an addictive cookie that makes for self-discipline issues when you are sitting right next to them! 
The flavors blend as they sit, and the cookies taste just as soft and fresh the second day as they do the day you make them. This makes them great cookies to make ahead of time for a special occasion.
Plus, these cookies have very little butter in them, half of the sugar can be swapped out for granulated sugar substitute, and white whole wheat flour can be used in place of all-purpose. Since they are so healthy and contain oats and pumpkin, these guys could possibly make a great breakfast on the go, or just a healthy dessert. . .whatever you feel like!
Pumpkin White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 1 C all-purpose or white whole wheat flour
- 3/4 C quick oats
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1/4 C butter, softened
- 1/4 C plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 C sugar or granulated sugar substitute
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 C canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 C white chocolate chips
- 1/2 C dried cranberries
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350. Spray cookie sheets with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour, oats, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add butter, yogurt, sugars, and egg. Beat until creamy. Add in pumpkin and vanilla. Beat until well-combined.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and beat until combined. Stir in white chocolate chips and cranberries.
- Drop cookie dough by heaping tablespoon onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges start to turn light golden brown.
- Allow cookies to cool for two minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- Store leftover cookies in an airtight container.
This recipe is adapted from My Baking Addiction
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these look like the perfect fall cookie! they sound sooooo yummy!
Thank you!
Cookies that are delicious and dare I say healthy??? What a treat!
Thanks Tanya. . .you should give these a try!
They look awesome!
Thank you Sarah!
These look festive enough for Christmas as well! Nice pics!
Oh good idea. . .these are super easy to whip up. I always like having a couple of those recipes on hand for the busy baking season!
Looks delicious. With these and and my white chocolate pumpkin spice cookies, we could have a giant party.
We should!
These look so chewy and tempting – I love the white chocolate/cranberry combo!
Thanks Anna! You’ll be seeing more the of the white chocolate and cranberry combo around here. . .it’s a winter favorite of mine!
Why can you only swap out half of the sugar and not all of it?
Sorry I wasn’t very clear. I meant that you could swap out the white sugar for sugar substitute. I noted that in the ingredients so it will hopefully make more sense!
I love pumpkin and white chocolate together and I bet the cranberries are a stellar addition too!
Self-control? What’s that? Certainly not something I could muster up in the presence of these cookies. Oatmeal, white chocolate and cranberry is my favorite cookie EVER, but adding pumpkin is such a fun, festive twist.
These sound wonderful! And I love the idea of healthifying them even more + serving them as pumpkin breakfast cookies. YUM!
I lack any sense of willpower. If there are three muffins on the counter; there’s a good chance I’m gonna be the one to eat them. For me, healthy is justification to eat more. These look amazing. Pinned.
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They look perfect for Christmas!
Oh I love these cookies, I will be making them over the weekend, I dont have all the ingredients to make them today! Thanks so much for sharing!
If I had had these around before the hurricane hit…they’d definitely be gone by now. The combo of pumpkin, white chocolate and cranberry is just so addictive!
These are amazing, they look like polka dots! Yum yum yum.
i made similar cookies this weekend with mini chocolate chips & craisins. they were so good and SO addicting. these sound aweeeesome.
I LOVE the combo of white chocolate with cranberry!! I’ve never had it with pumpkin, though. Sounds soooo good!
If I was sitting next to those cookies, there would be no self control involved!!! Pumpkin and white chocolate is a killer combo…and with cranberry, even better!!!
I love the combo of pumpkin and cranberry. Two of my favorite fall flavors!
This sounds great, I love the pictures. I’m not a big fan of pumpkin but maybe these would change my mind!
These are beautiful, and I will have to try them, esp. for my husband who claims not to like things that are too sweet…however, he manages to ‘choke’ down a lot of “goodies”.
I’m so in the mood for some cookies now! These look delish!
the yogurt, the butter, the pumpkin – I can imagine how soft and moist these cookies are! I love dried cranberries and pumpkin together
I am loving this combination of flavors!
They are gorgeous cookies.
These look so good, awesome recipe!!
I would totally have self-discipline issues with these too!
How delicious these look!
Pumpkin, cranberries and white chocolate! This sounds really good Jessica. I haven’t had pumpkin cookies with cranberries before I bet it tastes nice. Perfect for the holiday season : )
ooooo…these sound like such perfect thanksgiving cookie…pretty pictures too!
What a great fall cookie! They look so yummy.
You’ve hit three of my favorite flavors with these cookies – fabulous combination!
These sound so yummy and healthy too. perfect combo
YAY! Pumpkin and white chocolate! That’s right… the best combo of the fall!
Your cookies look great and I hope the power outages have stopped. That can’t be fun!
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GREAT looking cookies! ~Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain
This looks absolutely to die for! I can’t wait to put it on my list for the holidays! YUM!!!
Oh my goodness Jessica these looks incredible! I love the flavor combo! Have a fabulous week!