Spiced Pumpkin Cookies

Over the weekend, I had one cup of pumpkin left. I decided to just bake something else. Tawny had a bake sale at school the next day, so I'd just send them with her. I looked around and after looking at a few recipes, I morphed them into Spiced Pumpkin Cookies. They are big soft cake-like cookies and the chocolate chips make them very chocolaty. Since I don't really care for chocolate, I was thinking these would have been WAY better with raisins instead of chocolate chips, but everyone in my house looked at me like I had 5 heads when I mentioned it. So you decide what would go over better in your house.

You'll need:
1 C pumpkin, mashed smooth
1/2 C white sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 C vegetable oil
1 egg
2 C all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 TBLS vanilla extract
1 C semisweet chocolate chips or raisins
1/2 C chopped nuts (if you like)

Preheat oven to 350F
In a large bowl combine pumpkin




White sugar


Brown sugar


Egg


Oil




Mix well.


In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt & spices




Mix well


Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture


Oops! Forgot the vanilla... add that too!


Mix well!






Stir in chocolate chips (or raisins!)




Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment paper lined cookie sheets


Bake 10 minutes or until lightly browned and firm. Cool on rack.


Spiced Pumpkin Cookies
1 C pumpkin, mashed smooth
1/2 C white sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 C vegetable oil
1 egg
2 C all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 TBLS vanilla extract
1 C semisweet chocolate chips or raisins
1/2 C chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350F.
In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla and egg.
In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and salt.
Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
Stir in chocolate chips or raisins and nuts if you want them.
Drop by spoonful onto parchment lined or greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350F for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.
Enjoy!