Soft Pumpkin, Chocolate and Nut Cookies

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Where's the milk?
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Three fabulous flavors in one delicious cookie.  Bake a couple batches today – one to eat now and one to freeze for later!

Soft Pumpkin Cookies

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 30
Calories: 260kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 ½ cups canned pumpkin
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups semi-sweet or dark chocolate chunks or chips
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375°.          
  • Whisk together dry ingredients.
  • In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugars, then add pumpkin, egg and vanilla.
  • Add dry ingredients a little at a time to wet ingredients and mix.
  • Stir in chocolate and nuts (option - don't add chocolate or nuts and just make pumpkin cookies or delete chocolate and make pumpkin nut).
  • On parchment or silicone lined cookie sheets, spoon a teaspoon full of batter onto the pan and cook for 15 minutes.
  • Cool on a wire rack.  Remember, this is a soft cookie and will not flatten out during baking.

Notes

Assumes 2 cookies per serving because who can eat just one cookie!

 

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