Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

from afamilyfeast.com
31 min

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies loaded with semi-sweet morsels and walnuts are perfect for holidays, cookie swaps, bake sales, and more!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup oil (canola or vegetable)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon milk
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional but highly recommended)

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper sheets (or lightly grease the cookie sheet if you don’t have parchment paper).

  2. 2

    In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine pumpkin, sugar, oil, vanilla and egg. Mix until well combined.

  3. 3

    In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a small bowl, dissolve the baking soda with the milk. Add both the dry flour mixture and the wet baking soda mixture to the pumpkin mixture. Mix well.

  4. 4

    Add in the chocolate chips and nuts and stir until evenly combined.

  5. 5

    Using a medium cookie scoop(medium scoop is equal to 1 1/2 tablespoons), drop mounds of the cookie dough on the prepared cookie sheets.

  6. 6

    Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool slightly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.