This recipe, which is loosely based on one from alt.cookies.yum.yum.yum was pretty good! It’s also on the wholesome side given the pumpkin, good fat, and whole grain flour. The texture is super-cakey to the point where the cookies are almost little round cakes. The chocolate chips make them extra good, so don’t leave them out.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 large egg
1 scant cup granulated sugar
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
2 cups all purpose flour or white whole wheat flour (9 oz)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Beat pumpkin, egg, sugar, oil, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Make sure all the leavenings are dissolved (no lumps). Add the flour and stir just until it is mixed in, then stir in the chocolate chips.
Using a very generously rounded tablespoon measure, drop onto parchment lined cookie sheets spacing about 2 inches apart (cookies shouldn’t spread much). Bake at 375º for 13 to 15 minutes.
Remove from tray and let cool.
Makes about 18 cookies
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Hi Anna-I was looking for pumpkin cookies to make for a party for my daughter this weekend-these look great! I just love pumpkin flavored stuff this time of year.
I made some of these and posted them a few weeks ago, but mine are made with butter. It’s nice to know oil is a good substitute. They are very cakey, but there’s just something about them that is SO good this time of year. It’s gotta be the chocolate!
I need to get more pumpkin!
I love chocolate and pumpkin. I was just at HEB–should have grabbed a can of pumpkin. Hope you like your dishwasher.
Is there a substitute for double acting baking powder? I think mine is just regular? Thanks!
Okay- this is too crazy! I JUST made a batch of Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies this morning! I used butter, added some ginger, and didn’t use baking soda. I love these cookies because they are so fallish!
Hello Autumn! Chocolate chips make everything better! I like the orangey color!
yummy. i love pumpkin anything. i just made pumpkin scones and the smell of them was just intoxicating. haha
Hooray for the new dishwasher; and fabulous cookies
OK, pumpkin is going on my grocery list. These are just too good to pass up!
mmm, those sound great!
what’s double acting baking powder? how should I adjust if I only have regular powder?
i love pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! all the ones i’ve ever had before are super cakey. is there such thing as a chewy pumpkin cookie?!
Dorothy, these are really good and definitely chewier than the ones above.
http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=614
I’m thinking you might get a dense, chewier cookie if you used melted butter instead of room temp butter. That would be worth a try.
The recipe above, however, is SUPER cakey.
Those look really good and I’ve been wanting to make something with pumpkin.
I am usually a lurker-baker, and have made quite a few things from your blog. But I have to say, I tried pumpkin-chocolate muffins last year, and everyone at my house agreed that they would be better with cinnamon chips. The chocolate-pumpkin combo is just not popular here. Just another option. I think I’ll make these with the cinn. chips to try them out.
Thanks for the recipes!
These baked up gorgeous and tasty. Thanks for the recipe!
Jenn, I’m glad you liked them! I wasn’t sure how they’d go over since they are a bit healthier than the buttery and richer kind. I thought they were good.
My family gobbled these up! Unsurprisingly, another hit from Anna–you haven’t steered me wrong yet
Awesome cookie. Good bite to them, kind of cakey but not too thick and a good way to use some pumpkin. I think you could also split the choc. chips with half peanut butter chips and make them super good too. Thanks for posting.
I found this site a few days ago and I love love love it!!
I made these cookies and they are so delicious! Chocolate and pumpkin is definitely the best combo around! Thanks for all the great cookie ideas
Anna, I made a double batch of these to take to my Brownie unit’s Enrollment Night yesterday, as a treat for the girls and the parents who came to watch.
They went like hot cakes! The other leaders and I didn’t even get to have any and I’ve now been “hired” by my non-baking co-leader to make her a batch.
Thankfully, I tested one before I went to the meeting, and I can say that they are delicious. Just how I like my cookies: soft, moist, and cakey
Amy, Mark, Stefanie and Lindsey — thanks for the feedback! I was a little hesitant about this recipe because the cookies were cakey, but I guess we all agree that cakey can be good sometimes.
I agree. Cakey can be good sometimes, my boyfriend loved these and I hope my office likes them too. I’m bringing them in for Halloween. They aren’t like normal cookies and I really liked that about this recipe because pumpkin is not always a common flavor in cookies, and is more common in cakes and muffins etc. these cookies pulled from that with their consistency. Everyone who I’ve given them to so far loved them.
Thanks for the recipe.
these are great! i made them for playgroup and they went over well with my family and the boy’s friends. i substituted 1/4 cup flour for flax seed for extra omega 3s. you can check kid appeal blog for more details on the nutrients in this cookie. thx for sharing the recipe! jenna
Anna,
My Aunt asked me to make her some “heatlhful” cookies for the holidays (an oxymoron in my book). I tried these cookies and they are simply divine! I doubt that my Aunt will believe that they are healthful! Whether or not these cookies go on to cure cancer is irrelevant; I know they’ll bring holiday cheer. What could be more healthful than that?
Really really excellent. Thank you for this recipe!
i totally agree… i think these cookies are delicious and healthy… anything with vanilla bean is always good… if you find it hard to find vanilla bean check out my vanilla shop (click my name for link)… you could find premium natural vanilla beans and vanilla powder directly from Madagascar at a bargain value… have fun ^^
I make these all the time, but I add oatmeal. Simply one of the best cookies I make!
Hi! I LOVE these cookies and make them all the time. A friend of mine has requested that I make them for her Autumn-themed wedding and I was wondering if these freeze well and how I should go about it.
Thank you!
Hi Misha,
Your best bet would be to make the dough, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, put it in a freezer bag, and then bake the cookies right before the wedding. If you want to bake the cookies, you can do that too. Bake the cookies and wrap them in little groups of 3 or 4 wrapped tightly with something like Press and Seal. But my advice is to just freeze the dough and bake the night before. They’ll taste much fresher that way.
LOVE IT! This is just the recipe I was looking for! Thanks a bunch. YUM!
Try the cinnamon chips in stead of the chocolate ones or mix the 2 .
I keep making these cookies by tha batch! They are my all time favourite! It’s nice to have a recipie that doesn’t use butter