20 Oct 2011 12 Comments

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have a problem. I’m a night eater. I’m usually not very hungry all throughout the day and then at night the munchies attack! (Attack of the Munchies…the movie) (haha sorry…only my sister would get that and she doesn’t even read this blog). Anyways! I think my problem would be solved if I went to bed earlier. But I tend to stay up later than I should, looking at lots of foodblogs, and by the time I know it it’s 11pm and I’m hungry again! That’s what’s happened to me now as I type this even though I just ate like 4 cookies. Hem hem. I think a good weight loss tool for me would be going to bed earlier. Or, you know, work out more. I’ve been good about working out except for the past couple of weeks. I get home from school and either I don’t have the time to work out, or I just don’t have the motivation. But don’t judge me! Chances are I work out more than you do! Unless you’re a professional athlete..or trainer…or athlete of any sort…or someone who worked out at all this week…Hem hem…new subject!

It’s time for another cookie for the 12 Weeks of Christmas!

Yesterday I left for school and it was so cold and gross out! The bus was cold, school was cold, and my house was cold when I got home. I felt like a icicle. I turned on our fireplace and cuddled with a blanket and my warm laptop on my lap. I worked on some homework and then decided to bake since I wouldn’t have any time to do it today. Ever since I made those delicious Oatmeal Raisin cookies, I haven’t been in the mood to eat a lot of chocolate (I know! Craziness!). I’ve really been wanting more pumpkin treats and seasonal yummies (is that even a word?). So I decided to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. I found a lot of different recipes for these cookies but decided to make ones from Kirbie’s Cravings. I made half of the cookies as the recipe stated and added oats to the other half of the batch. They were easy to make and came out looking plump and tasty! The oatmeal ones are my favorite, but I just like the texture of oats in cookies.

There are some things I’m not so crazy about in these cookies. First of all, they have a very cakey texture. Now I don’t have a huge problem with that per-se (before I made these I wasn’t even sure how cookies have a cakey texture) but it is a tad over-the-top. I think the oats help cut back on that texture by adding some more dimension. Also I think if I made these again, I would add some pumpkin pie spice to enhance the pumpkin flavor. With all that said, baked goods with pumpkin tend to taste better with age. These already tasted better the next day. And I ate about 4 of these last night so clearly I didn’t think they were too bad ;) I did find a recipe for more chewy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies that I think I want to try. Although after these, I may be pumpkined out for a while…besides pumpkin muffins. Because I was going to make those soon. Haha :) Maybe I’ll be ready to return to chocolate baked goods. Or at least switch to a different seasonal flavor…like apple!

These cookies are definitely worth a shot. And who knows, you may end up loving them!

Remember to check out all the other super-awesome cookie posts for 12 Weeks of Christmas, as well as our host blog, Meal Planning Magic!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe from Kirbie’s Cravings

Ingredients:

1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (or pumpkin pie spice)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cup oatmeal (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper (I used aluminum foil and it worked well).
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla and egg.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon (pumpkin pie spice), and salt. Add the flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and stir until combined. The dough is very wet.
  4. Stir in the chocolate chips and oats, if you so desire.
  5. Using a medium (1 tbs) ice cream scoop, place dough onto the cookie sheet. The cookies don’t change shape much when baking. If you want prettier cookies, shape them a bit before baking them.
  6. Place the cookie trays in the refrigerator for 15-30 minutes (this is optional but I like doing this because I feel like it helps the flavors meld more).
  7. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm. It’s a little hard to know when they’re done exactly but about 10 minutes does it.

Enjoy!

I shared this on Fusion Fridays!

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