Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy and delicious, pumpkin, oatmeal, walnuts and chocolate chips create a cookie that's sure to please. Enjoy two of these cookies with a cup of hot tea for dessert. Who knew healthy eating could be so good.

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/3 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Heaping 1/2 cup Smart Balance Buttery Spread. Use the regular Smart Balance and NOT the light version.
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 cup canned 100% pure pumpkin
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Follow these steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
2. In a medium bowl combine flour, oats, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Let Smart Balance Buttery Spread sit out until it softens. In a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed beat the Smart Balance Buttery Spread with the brown sugar for a couple of minutes until it's light and fluffy. Add in the pumpkin, egg and vanilla, and mix well. Add in the flour mixture and mix well. Stir in the walnuts and chocolate chips and mix until combined. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto the cookie sheet.
3. Bake in a preheated oven for 14-16 minutes until the cookies are lightly browned and set in the centers. Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then finish cooling cookies on wire racks. Makes 48 cookies.