Its my favorite time of year .... Thanksgiving. Well, in a little over a week. Either way Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. Some people might think I'm biased because I was born on Thanksgiving, but I don't really care.
To get into the holiday spirit (& because we are having people over for dinner tomorrow night) I found a recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies. After I finished the batter I thought I better make a few just to make sure they tasted good. Final outcome ... Delicious Success!!
I found the recipe on foodnetwork.com and after reading some of the comments I made some recommended modifications. Here's my recipe ....
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups canned pumpkin puree
3 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 cups (1 12oz bag) of milk chocolate chips
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Using a mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Beat in the white and brown sugars, a little bit at a time, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time, then mix in the vanilla and pumpkin puree. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice. Slowly beat the flour mixture into the batter, adding a little bit at a time. Stir in the chips. They recommend to make the cookies about the size of a tablespoon. Bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the edges are brown.
A couple of things to note ...
I used a fork instead of a mixer
You can use pumpkin pie mix instead of pumpkin puree
I used bread flour instead of all-purpose flour
You can use semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of milk chocolate chips
I used 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice instead of 1/4 tsp ground clove
Lastly, these are kind of cake-y cookies, don't expect them to fall and spread like normal chocolate chip cookies.
Enjoy!!!
