Description
Soft, chewy cookies packed with pumpkin puree, warm spices, and melty chocolate chips—perfect for fall baking.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp nutmeg
- 0.25 tsp cloves (optional)
- 0.5 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 0.75 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk chocolate)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and optional cloves.
- Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in pumpkin puree and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to wet mixture until just combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips gently.
- Drop dough by tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets, flatten slightly.
- Bake 12–15 minutes until edges set and tops are slightly soft.
- Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet, then transfer to wire rack. Serve or store in airtight container.
Notes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
Keywords: Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip