Sunday, October 17, 2010

Marsha's Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Cream Cheese Frosting)

Yes, I have been absent from my recipe blog for awhile, but I do have a two month old son now!  In honor of fall and one of my favorite October/November recipes, I am sharing this classic for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.  I hope you enjoy!  I have no idea where this recipe came from, but it's great.





Marsha's Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
  1. Cream together sugar and butter.  
  2. Add pumpkin/squash, baking powder, soda and salt.  
  3. Mix in flour, cinnamon and last the chocolate chips.  
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.  Frost with cream cheese frosting (click here for recipe).
Marsha's Notes:
If you are looking to use the entire can of pumpkin and the entire brick of cream cheese for the frosting, just double both the recipes.

Using my two-inch cookie scoop made the perfect sized cookies, baking 12 to a sheet. They also make for a smoother appearance on the top of the cookies, as opposed to using a couple of regular spoons to portion the dough. (Compare the above images from different batches.) Scooping the batter this way made a total of about 36 cookies, or three full cookie sheets.



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