Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

The below recipe incorporates pumpkin, a Thanksgiving favorite. Topped with a yummy cream cheese frosting, these cookies will go fast. Visit our page on Thanksgiving Symbols to learn more about the symbolism and meaning of pumpkins for Thanksgiving.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Directions:

1. Beat butter and sugar together until creamy.
2. Add egg, vanilla and pumpkin and beat until smooth.
3. Add dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice) to creamed mixture.
4. Add chocolate chips and nuts.
5. Drop by rounded teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes (do not undercook or the cookies will be gooey).

Back to main Thanksgiving Recipes Page.

We welcome your questions and feedback. If you have questions about this recipe, or have a recipe idea that you would like to submit, please contact us.

You may freely use this content if you cite the source and/or link back to this page: http://www.celebratingholidays.com/?page_id=5211.