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Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches with Maple Cream Cheese Filling

December 1, 2013 By Jelli 19 Comments

Tis the season for baking! How is it that the holiday season makes more keen to tie on an apron? Is it the fact that a hot oven filling the house with sweet fragrances and promises of a full tummy make the cold winter days cheerier? Whatever the reason, these pumpkin spice oatmeal cookie sandwiches are incredible, and I’ll be baking them year-round, they’re so yummy!Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese FIlling #christmascookies #baking | JellibeanJournals.comPumpkin spiced baked goods are trendy this time of year, and I’m all about jumping on that bandwagon as far as cookies go. These hearty pumpkin oatmeal cookies, adapted from here, are loaded with pumpkin flavor and a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger that contrast beautifully with the tangy maple cream cheese filling.

Pumpkin and oatmeal in these sandwich cookies…that must be healthy, right?!

Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches with Maple Cream Cheese Filling
 
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Serves: 28 sandwiches
Ingredients
  • 2 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1⅓ c. oats
  • 1¼ t. baking powder
  • 1½ t. ground cinnamon
  • 1 t. ground ginger
  • ¼ t. ground cloves
  • 1 t. salt
  • ½ t.ground nutmeg
  • 2 sticks (1c.) butter, at room temperature
  • 1 c. packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 t. vanilla extract
  • 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin purée
  • Filling
  • 1-8oz. bar cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 stick (1/2 c.) butter, at room temp.
  • 2 c. powdered sugar, sifted
  • 2 T. maple syrup
  • ¼ t. vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line cookie sheet with parchment or silicone baking mat.
  2. Whisk together spices, salt, baking powder, flour, and oats.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer beat butter with both sugars until creamy, about 5 minutes. Add egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add half the dry ingredients followed by half the pumpkin. Repeat with flour mix and pumpkin.
  4. Using a cookie scoop place cookies 2" apart on sheets. Bake 12 minutes, rotate sheets in oven and bake another 10 minutes. Remove to cooling rack to cool completely before filling.
  5. Filling Beat butter until lightened in color and creamy. Add cream cheese and beat until smooth. Stir in powdered sugar, vanilla, and maple syrup and beat on low until combined. Pipe onto one cookie and top with another. Sprinkle the edges of filling with cinnamon, if desired.
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Pumpkin Spice Cookie Sandwiches with Maple Cream Cheese Filling! #cookies #pumpkin | JellibeanJournals.comOne of my favorite things about the pumpkin spice cookie sandwiches is the pretty piped cream cheese frosting spiked with maple flavor. It’s not only delicious, but looks gorgeous peeking out from between the oatmeal cookies when piped with a pretty decorating tip.    Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Filling #cookies #holiday | Jellibeanjournals.comTell me: What are your favorite flavors of the holiday season? Do you like to bake the same traditional holiday faves year after year or do you mix it up with new recipes?

Happy baking, friends!

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About Jelli

Jelli is a blogging veteran and avid baker who’s been selling sweets to feed her chocolate addiction for 8+ years. When the polka dotted apron’s hanging up, she’s a full-time mama to three kidlets enjoying the crazy days of motherhood and pumping out brownie recipes from her sunny Costa Rican kitchen.

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Comments

  1. Liz K says

    December 2, 2013 at 8:43 am

    oooooo, I am so glad you posted this!! I was going to ask for the recieta!!

    Reply
    • Jelli says

      December 2, 2013 at 9:00 am

      It’s always great to hear reviews from friends who have actually tasted my recipes. So glad you liked them. I’m still waiting to try your peppermint mochas 🙂

      Reply
  2. Cathy says

    December 2, 2013 at 10:17 am

    The title of your post caught my eye at the C.R.A.F.T party–I had to stop by! I’ve never heard this combination of ingredients before and am totally enthralled by this!!! Pinning for future use and wanted to say thank you for this!! 😀

    I would love it if you stopped by our Facebook page, and said “hello!”
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    Reply
    • Jelli says

      December 2, 2013 at 10:27 am

      Cathy, its great to meet you here this morning. These sandwich cookies blow store-bought oatmeal cream pies out of the water and are just perfect for this season. I sure hope you find the time to bake them and come back to let me know what you think! See you again soon.

      Reply
  3. Foodista says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:28 pm

    Wow these cookie sandwiches look great! The maple and pumpkin combination sounds wonderful!!!

    Reply
    • Jelli says

      December 2, 2013 at 7:03 pm

      Maple and pumpkin are delicious side by side! I love them as scones, pancakes with cream cheese frosting, and of course, in these cookie sandwiches. Thank you for visiting, Colleen!

      Reply
  4. Heather @ French Press says

    December 4, 2013 at 9:27 pm

    that filling looks incredible

    Reply
    • Jelli says

      December 4, 2013 at 10:18 pm

      You’ve got that right, Heather! I used some of the extra filling to slather on pancakes. It was delicious!

      Reply
  5. Angela @ Life in Velvet says

    December 7, 2013 at 8:39 am

    These look SO dangerous! Yum. Thanks for sharing. Happy Holidays!

    Reply
    • Jelli says

      December 7, 2013 at 9:18 am

      Thanks, Angela! You’re right, they’re dangerous indeed. I had to take them to a few get-togethers in order to whisk them out of my house. Too yummy to keep out of. Thank you for visiting this weekend.

      Reply
  6. claire says

    December 7, 2013 at 3:17 pm

    Great project !!

    I would love you to come and share @ Craft, Create & Inspire linky party !!!

    Look forward to seeing you there 🙂

    http://livel0vecreate.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/craft-create-inspire-linky-party-9.html

    Claire x

    Reply
  7. Rebecca @ Dorm Room Baker says

    December 7, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    Of course having oatmeal and pumpkin in these makes them healthy! That means I won’t feel bad if somehow 3 or 4 of them decide to disappear into my stomach at the same time–they look delicious!

    Reply
    • Jelli says

      December 7, 2013 at 8:57 pm

      I’m so glad you agree, Rebecca. Why, certainly these cookies are diet-friendly…haha. Thanks for stopping by and lovin’ on the cookies tonight. Hope you try them soon.

      Reply
  8. Cindy T says

    December 10, 2013 at 10:00 am

    I think I’m going to make these for an office cookie exchange – how does the filling hold up? I’m guessing the cookies need to be kept refrigerated to keep them from falling apart? They sound awesome!

    Reply
    • Jelli says

      December 10, 2013 at 11:25 am

      Cindy, I did keep the cookies refrigerated until a couple hours before serving. I like the filling cold, but it will be fine left at room temp for a few hours. If you use a pretty piping tip, the delicate ridges in the frosting may get a little soft if they stay out too long, but in my experience they were fine left out for a few hours. Your office mates are going to love you! Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the cookies!

      Reply
  9. Carlee says

    October 13, 2015 at 7:51 pm

    I am absolutely loving maple this fall. And of course you have to have the pumpkin spice! What a perfect combo.

    Reply
    • Jelli says

      October 14, 2015 at 7:19 pm

      Carlee, these cookies are amazing, really. Hope you give ’em a try sometime soon. Don’t forget to make the filling though. Maple+cream cheese is outta this world good when it’s stuffed inside a cookie!

      Reply
  10. Mandee Thomas says

    October 20, 2015 at 3:54 pm

    Mmmm, anything with pumpkin spice sounds perfect for fall! I wanted to let you know that I’m featuring this post tonight at the Create & Share Link Party (7:00 PM MST)! Congratulations!!! Can’t wait to see what you share with us this week. 🙂

    Reply
    • Jelli says

      October 21, 2015 at 7:29 am

      Aw, thanks so much for the feature, Mandee! Gotta love fall recipes.

      Reply

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