Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are soft and fluffy like cake. I don't usually start baking with pumpkin until Autumn, but it is already starting to feel like Summer is coming to an end. If you look closely, you'll see that I was baking more bread today too. ;)

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

YIELD: 2 dozen cookies

INGREDIENTS
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup white sugar
2 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

DIRECTIONS
Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir into the wet ingredients. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Stir for about one minute.

Add vanilla and chocolate chips and stir until combined.

Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Drop cookies on by the spoonful. They do not spread very much, so you can pack them in pretty close. Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!