Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

I've got the kitchen window open, Drew is napping and I am listening to the wind blow the fallen crispy leaves... it's the perfect fall day.

So, tell me, what is your go to fall treat? I am in love with:
1. Starbucks Caramel Apple Cider
2. Apple Pie (Betty Crocker's classic recipe is my fave)
3. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies... which, lucky you!, I just happen to be blogging about today...

I need to put a disclaimer on this recipe... something like "once you pop, you can't stop" but since Pringles already took it I need to think of something a smidge more creative. Maybe: "These cookies are life-changing." I'm not joking, though, the other day I ate seven. Seven! And I could have happily kept going but refrained after glancing at my stomach that had just increased by the size of seven pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. But I guess they are life-changing because it'll mean I'll have to increase my exercise regimen by seven-fold.

 

 

I snagged this recipe off of All Recipes and didn't change anything (except, I ran out of vanilla and it was perfect without it!).

 

Ingredients

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 cup white sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon milk

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

 

Directions

Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg.

In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt.

Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in.

Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.

Add vanilla and chocolate chips.

 

Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm. 

 

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Here is where I am sitting, in close proximity to these cookies. One word: TORTURE.      

 

 

I popped some of that cider in the microwave for a minute and had a nice little fall treat while writing this post. And by, "little fall treat" I mean four cookies, not these little deceptive two cookies you see here. :)

 

Here's our new, and incredibly simple, fall centerpiece. They are just lentils (I think, I filled it last year and don't have the bag) and then I got three little white pumpkins at the grocery store this morning for a whopping 65 cents total. I almost told the cashier to watch Drew while I ran to get more but then opted to be a good parent and stay with my son at the risk of losing white pumpkins to some other cookie and decorating loving mom. I'm joking, AJ, don't worry. :)

 

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