My Mom's Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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24-36 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (I sometimes double this)
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup canned pumpkin (or fresh)
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
directions
- In a large mixing bowl cream sugar and shortening.
- Add egg, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, mix well.
- Add flour, baking powder and soda. Mix well.
- Next mix in your pumpkin.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Drop by the Tablespoon full onto sprayed cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.
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Reviews
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These were a huge hit with my 3-year-old son and my husband and I love them too. I made them yesterday and they're almost gone today! I used butter instead of shortening (I didn't have any) and did half raisins half chocolate chips. Next time I'll use all chocolate chips or all raisins. Yes, they are a different texture than the usual cookie - my husband said they were like muffin tops. I found the ginger and nutmeg a little overpowering too and might try without them next time. Thanks for a great recipe!
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i grew up thinking my moms pumpkin chocolate cookies were the best thing ever!! so dont tell her but i think your moms are better than my moms! i love the addition of ginger in this recipe. the only thing i did different was added a bit more pumpkin (the pumpkin flavor seemed a bit weak) and actually used a little less flour.. also mine took about 13-15 min to cook. and i did double the cinnamon!! thanks i'll have to give this to all my siblings and tell them to replace our moms recipe ;)
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I made these cookies today and at first I thought maybe I used the wrong cookie sheets because the cookies never spread or changed their shape they just puffed up slightly so I searched Zaar and found that most of the recipes for Pumpkin cookies were like that. So I think they turned out just as they were supposed to. They were good, just not what I expected. The only problem I really had was that I felt the Ginger was a bit overpowering. Since I made these for PAC, I don't feel it would be fair to give them a bad rating because it's a matter of personal preference and personal tastes. But my DH and my DD loved them! They were very soft and cake like in texture, just not what I expected them to be but still a pretty good cookie. Thank's! Made for spring PAC '07.
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These were a huge hit with my 3-year-old son and my husband and I love them too. I made them yesterday and they're almost gone today! I used butter instead of shortening (I didn't have any) and did half raisins half chocolate chips. Next time I'll use all chocolate chips or all raisins. Yes, they are a different texture than the usual cookie - my husband said they were like muffin tops. I found the ginger and nutmeg a little overpowering too and might try without them next time. Thanks for a great recipe!
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Hi I live in Rhode Island. I am a stay at home mom to one son. He is five years old. I am just starting to get into cooking. I really have not done a lot.