pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Pumpkin-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

adapted slightly from Pumpkin Nook's Cookbook

1 c canned pumpkin

3/4 c sugar

1/4 c brown sugar

1/2 c butter, soft

1 egg, beaten

1 3/4 c rolled oats

1 c whole wheat flour

1/2 c white flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp nutmeg

3/4 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

1 1/4 c milk chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

1. In a mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugars, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt.
2. Add and mix in butter, mixing until crumbly.
3. Stir in egg and pumpkin. Then the rolled oats and chocolate chips.
4. Drop heaping spoonfuls onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
5. Bake 10-12 minutes. 

THE cookies

I think the main element of these cookies that distinguishes them is how long they're supposed to be cooked--about half the time of regular cookie recipes! we baked them for 8 minutes and they turned out great. Our friend who gave us this recipe also recommended buying the nice chocolate chips--Ghirardelli--just to make sure they turn out perfect. And yeah, they are REALLY, really good--very soft and perfectly chewy, even for days after you've made them.

 

1 c. butter, softened
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 heaping c. of non-instant oatmeal
1 1/2 c. choc chips (milk chocolate)

Cream butter and sugar together for 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients in separate bowl. Beat dry ingredients into creamed mixture. Add chips. Bake at 350 degrees for 6 to 8 mins. Take out a little early and bake for a few minutes on pan before moving to a wire rack.