Pumpkin Oatmeal Puffs

A fluffy bite-sized puff- flavored for the season! Makes about 20-25 quarter-sized treats.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup rolled oats

1/4 cup canned pumpkin

1 tbsp raw pepitas (roughly chopped)

2 tsp sugar

1 egg white

1/8 tsp baking soda

*1/8 tsp cinnamon

*1/8 tsp ground cloves

*1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

*(You can substitute these 3 spices for a total of 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice.)

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 300 F.
2. Use a food processor to pulse the rolled oats into a coarse meal.
3. In a medium bowl, add the oats, sugar, baking soda, and spices and mix briefly.
4. Add the pumpkin and egg white into the dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.
5. Spoon the mixture into a ziplock or pastry bag, and snip off a small piece of the corner to pipe the batter onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment or foil. The dots should be rounded, roughly the size of a nickel – quarter.
6. Bake for 12 minutes, then let cool before serving to your birds!