Three fabulous flavors in one delicious cookie.  Bake a couple batches today – one to eat now and one to freeze for later!

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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!