Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Source: Unknown (I got this online years ago and have no idea who to give credit to!)

Servings: 5-6 dozen cookies

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Bake Time: 9-11 minutes

Total Time: 30+ minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 c. canned pumpkin
• 1 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 2 c. flour
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda + 1 tsp. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 c. chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg.
2. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, cinnamon, and salt.
3. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and mix well.
4. Dissolve the baking soda in the milk and stir in.
5. Add vanilla and chocolate chips and stir until blended.
6. Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
7. Bake at 375 degrees F for 9-11 minutes.

Comments:

These cookies are a tradition in our little family. To us, they are as synonymous with fall as changing leaves, starting school, carving pumpkins, and going trick-or-treating. I've taken them to every Wihongi Halloween get-together since Scott and I have been married and they're a hit with the grandkiddos. Plus, they're healthier than the average cookie with pure pumpkin, no butter, and all that vitamin A. We usually double or triple the recipe and gobble these babies down by the dozens! (Suggestion: The cookies are BEST eaten right out of the oven when the outside is just a little firm and the inside is warm and melty. Yumm. . .)