Thanksgiving: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin is a traditional Thanksgiving food, especially pumpkin pie. But there are many other way to use pumpkin. Try these soft and delicious cookies as an alternative or addition to pie. The pumpkin in the recipe gives the cookies a soft and velvety texture. They're not too sweet and they're loaded with flavor.


Ingredients


½ cup butter or margarine, softened
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup sugar
½ cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1¼ cups all purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp cloves
¼ tsp salt
1 cup milk chocolate chips


Directions


Heat oven to 375°F. In a large bowl cream together sugars and butter. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla. Blend well. Add all other ingredients except chocolate chips and mix until you have  a soft cookie dough. Fold in chocolate chips.


Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto a prepared cookie sheet. Make sure the cookies are about 2 inches apart because they will spread as they bake. Bake until cookies are puffy and golden brown, about 12 minutes.


Remove cookies from tray immediately and cool on wire racks. Cookies will keep for up to a week if you store them in an airtight container.


This recipe makes about 2 dozen cookies.