Great Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies
It's not just about crescents, sugar and mint cookies for the holiday season, pumpkin cookie recipes are popular too! Make up these Great Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies and be sure to add them to your favorite holiday cookie recipes list.
Notes
For additional decoration, you can frost with orange frosting and outline a jack-o-lantern face or pumpkin outline in brown royal frosting.
Cooking Time15 min
Ingredients
- 2 cup flour
- 1 cup quick oats, uncooked
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup pumpkin puree (canned or fresh)
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
- Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- Cream the butter (or margarine). Gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each addition.
- Stir in morsels if desired. For each cookie, drop roughly 2 tsp dough for small cookies, 1.4 cup for large cookies, onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-15 minutes for small cookies, 20-25 minutes for large cookies, until cookies are firm and lightly browned.
- Remove from cookie sheets and cool on racks.