Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

It's that time of year when we crave all things pumpkin! These soft cookies are packed with that pumpkin spice flavor! So pick up a can of pumpkin puree and whip up a batch of these delicious cookies. You can even throw in some extra chocolate chips! Don't worry, I won't tell…

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• Why You'll Love This Recipe
• Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
• How to Make Step by Step Instructions
• Recipe FAQs
• Tips for Best Results
• Favorite Pumpkin Recipes
• Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Why You'll Love This Recipe

• My favorite thing about these is how soft, with more of a cakey texture they are!
• This is an easy, one bowl recipe that's great for first time bakers!
• This recipe is made without olive oil, coconut oil, vegetable oil or other cooking oils.
• These make a nice surprise in lunch boxes!

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

• Chocolate Chips - You can use whatever kind of chocolate chips you like best whether that be milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips or even dark chocolate chips.
• Butter - both salted or unsalted butter works fine. There isn't enough salt in one or the lack thereof in the other to make a difference to the batter or the baked cookies.
• Pumpkin Puree - When purchasing a can of pumpkin puree be sure to read the label. You want 100% pumpkin. There are cans that say pumpkin pie filling or pumpkin pie mix. You do not want those! They have sweeteners and spices already mixed in for the intent of short cutting making actual pie filling. Read More: What's the Difference Between Pumpkin Puree vs. Pumpkin Pie Filling
• Flour - must be all purpose flour, never self rising.
• Dairy Free Options - You can use dairy free chocolate chips and you may substitute plant butter (I like the almond oil kind) for the regular butter in this recipe.

How to Make Step by Step Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper.  
• Tip:  Parchment paper stops these cookies from spreading out too thin.  You can use non-stick cooking spray but your cookies will spread.
• In a mixing bowl, or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar. 
• Beat in the vanilla and egg.
• Beat in the pumpkin puree, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. 

• Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and stir in the flour and chocolate chips with a wooden spoon or at a low speed in a stand mixer.
• Important Tip:  This cookie dough is stickier than your average cookie dough.  Don't worry, and don't add more flour.  You'll end up with dry cookies if you do.
• Scoop out dough with a #40 cookie scoop onto the prepared cookie sheets and bake at 350 for 12-14 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack before eating.

Recipe FAQs

Tips for Best Results

• Parchment Paper - For best results, bake these cookies on baking sheets lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. You can just spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray, however, the cookies will spread more as the dough will slide on the grease when expanding during the baking process rather that having some grip.
• Cookie Scoop - Use a #40 cookie scoop to portion dough. Uneven dough amounts makes for uneven baking. You'll have smaller ones that end up overdone because you're waiting for the bigger ones to be done or big doughy ones with some smaller ones perfectly done. Uniform sizes work best.
• Don't add too much flour - This cookie dough is a little bit sticky. If you add enough flour to make the dough not sticky you will end up with dry cookies that bake into round, dense, balls.
• Don't over bake - Err on the side of under baked if you aren't sure if your cookies are done. Do your first batch and 12 minutes. Let them cool slightly before checking for doneness in the middles. Add an additional minute or two to the second batch if necessary.

Favorite Pumpkin Recipes

• Pumpkin Pie Spice
• Pumpkin Cheesecake Piet
• The Best Pumpkin Dip
• Pumpkin Sheet Cake
• Pumpkin Pie Syrup

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