Description
These Classic Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect treat for fall, combining the warmth of pumpkin with the sweetness of chocolate in a soft, chewy cookie.
Ingredients
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Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dry Ingredients:
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
Additions:
- 1½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream ingredients: In a large bowl, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla extract.
- Mix dry ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Combine with wet mixture.
- Add chocolate chips: Fold in chocolate chips.
- Bake: Drop dough onto baking sheets and bake for 10–12 minutes until edges are set. Cool on a wire rack.
Notes
- For bakery-style cookies, chill the dough for 30 minutes before baking.
- Add chopped pecans or walnuts for extra texture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 23g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
