Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies just might be my favorite pumpkin recipe of all time! Baked to golden perfection, they are chewy, savory, sweet, and melt in your mouth good…you’re going to love these!
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 stick 1/2 cup butter (room temp)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg room temp
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 6 oz. chocolate baking chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together butter & sugars until light & fluffy.
- Add in egg & vanilla extract, use electric mixer to beat until light & fluffy.
- Fold in pumpkin puree with a spatula or spoon until just combined, do not over-mix.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Use an electric mixer to thoroughly combine.
- Fold the chocolate baking chunks into the dough.
- Drop heaping spoonfuls of dough onto a lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes at 325. Makes about 1 dozen cookies.
Notes
Do not overbake the cookies, pull them out right when they begin to turn golden and you think, "oh they could use one more minute". They will coontinue to bake for a few minutes out of the oven.