Fall is in the air so it’s time to think about baking some delicious homemade pumpkin treats. My Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and tasty and filled with all of the familiar flavors of autumn. Pumpkins originated in Mexico. Most people think that pumpkins are vegetables but they are actually a fruit because they start out as a flower and contain seeds. They are members of the gourd family and are called winter squash. In the United States they are seriously beloved and over 66,000 acres of pumpkins are harvested each year. Pumpkins comes in many shades from classic orange to white, gray, blue or black.
When I bake my Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies I prefer to use canned pumpkin puree. My recipe also calls for Quick Oats and chocolate chips for added flavor and crunch. This recipe is easy to make and your family will enjoy these cookies along with their other Halloween treats. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350*. In the large mixing bowl of your electric mixer, using the whisk attachment, blend the wet ingredients; softened butter and the white and brown sugar. Beat on medium speed, creaming together until smooth. Add the vanilla, egg and pumpkin puree and mix until well blended.
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In a separate bowl, using a whisk, blend together the dry ingredients; flour, quick oats, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Change the mixer attachment on your mixer to a cookie or dough hook. Slowly add the flour mixture, one cup at a time, into the mixing bowl and mix until well blended. Lastly, stir in the chocolate chips gently until combined.
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You can hand stir the cookie batter if you don't have a dough hook. Then, spray cookie sheets with Pam spray. Depending on how large you like your cookies, using two spoons, drop a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough onto sheet pan several inches apart.
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Bake in a 350* oven for 20 minutes. Cookies should be lightly browned and firm. Let cookies cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then move them by spatula to a baking rack. You can enjoy these cookies warm with some milk.
