For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Anne wondered, will I still post ‘Tuesday Treats’ now that I’m on book-writing/freelancing/cake-baking duty full time? It’s a good query: after all, I originally started posting these weekly sweet treats to chronicle the goodies I brought into my office on a regular basis. And while I’m not working there any longer, I still do have a veritable arsenal of wonderful recipes I’d like to share and so I think I will continue to do so … this will be more of a ‘Tuesday Treat for you, readers’ rather than for my former workplace.
Now the stuff for today: pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, which I make every fall and especially like to have on hand for Thanksgiving. The cook needs fortification whilst cooking, you know! These are perfect. Soft and not-too-sweet, pumpkin-y but not overly so with hints of brown sugar and caramel and packed with bittersweet chocolate, well … I will be sure to have a plate at my side as I work away in the kitchen in a few days time. Happy holidaying!
Makes about 3 doz. cookies
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
pinch nutmeg
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices.
In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugars. Beat in the egg, vanilla, and pumpkin. Add the flour and stir just until incorporated. Add the chips.
Drop by teaspoons on cookie sheets and bake for 12-14 minutes, until the cookies are lightly browned at the edges but not dark.
Omg I made these tonight mind you I had no wheat pastry flour so I substituted 1/2cup cake flour and 1/2 cup white wheat flour and they came out amazing They are so yummy I baked these for one of my Thanksgiving desserts This is a keeper ! Thank you so much !
So glad to hear the Tuesday Treats will continue! We are, after all, your best testing ground. Happy Thanksgiving!
Dear Nicole,
So thrilled for you to be done working in an office & to be starting this new adventure.
Once you posted a recipe for completely homemade pumpkin pie. I made it, and I want to make it again. I couldn’t find it in your recipe archive, can you give me a link to it if I’m just not seeing it?
Also, do you think there’s a place for “salted” pumpkin pie, like there is with “salted caramel” everything else nowadays? I don’t want to stray from tradition, but I am curious.
thank you for continuing for us! now, if only we could enjoy the treats ourselves like your co-workers used to… :)
these look like a great snack for thanksgiving day! agreed – the cook needs some sustenance!