Skinny Pumpkin Protein Cookies

Name: Skinny Pumpkin Protein Cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Protein powder ¼ cup; Canned pumpkin ½ cup; Pumpkin pie spice ½ tsp; Rolled oats 1 ½ cups old fashioned; Sweetener ¾ cup; Cinnamon ½ tsp; Salt ¼ tsp; Baking powder ½ tsp; Baking soda ½ tsp; Applesauce ¼ cup; Egg whites 1; Chocolate 1 tbsp

Low-Fat, High-Protein Pumpkin Cookies

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30m
Serves 16
Easy
350 °F
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Ingredients

Adjust Servings:

	¼ cup Protein powder or additional ¼ cup oat flour
	½ cup Canned pumpkin
	½ tsp Pumpkin pie spice or additional cinnamon
	1 ½ cups old fashioned Rolled oats or 1 cup oat flour
	¾ cup Sweetener that measures like
	½ tsp Cinnamon
	¼ tsp Salt
	½ tsp Baking powder
	½ tsp Baking soda
	¼ cup Applesauce unsweetened
	1 Egg whites large
	1 tbsp Chocolate chips, for topping

Nutritional information

calories

0.8g

fat

65.7mg

sodium

8.3g

carbohydrates

2.8g

protein

1.3g

fiber

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Skinny Pumpkin Protein Cookies

Low-Fat and deliciously healthy, these Skinny Pumpkin Protein Cookies should be your treat of the week this week! Prepare a batch and add them to your cookie jar to grab when your on-the-go.

Replace the usual white flour with rolled oats or oat flour and cut back the carbs, add your favorite branded, natural and organic, protein powder and flavor them with pumpkin, cinnamon and chocolate chips. Healthy snacking has never tasted this good!

To make Skinny Pumpkin Protein Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for Skinny Pumpkin Protein Cookies

Steps to make Skinny Pumpkin Protein Cookies

1

Preheat oven and prepare baking sheet

10min

Preheat oven to 350 °F and line a baking sheet with baking parchment paper.
2

Blend oats

5min

If using oats, place in a food processor and blend until a flour-like consistency is formed.
3

Combine dry ingredients

3min

In a bowl, combine the protein powder, blended oats or oat flour, sweetener, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda together.
4

Add wet ingredients

3min

Create a well in the center and add the canned pumpkin, applesauce and egg white and mix to combine. Stir well to form a batter.
5

Shape cookies

5min

Portion ⅛ of the dough mixture, per cookie, onto the prepared baking sheet. Flatten out slightly and top with chocolate chips, if you wish.
6

Bake

10min

Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until set and golden.
7

Serve

Cool before serving.

Start snacking healthier with these Skinny Pumpkin Protein Cookies. Let us know what you think of this recipe and share your cookie jar pictures with us! Tag #cookmerecipes in your own online blogs and posts for us to see.

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.