Looking for the best pumpkin chocolate chip cookies recipe ever for this fall season? This recipe is amazing because it is so simple and just delicious. Besides, I think they are suuuper good to be enjoyed during a cozy fall afternoon. What you may like to do as well treat my family and friends during a picnic or to give them as a gourmet birthday gift to a foodie friend in a nice package.
This post is all about pumpkin chocolate chip cookies recipe
Are you ready girl? All right, I want to share with you this easy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies recipe and show you this version of chocolate chip cookies that I looooove. It has a crunchy texture outside and a soft texture inside. So if you are in the phase of “pumpkin spice everything” haha this recipe is for you.
I must say that I tried these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies a couple of times and the first two times did not look like that at all haha. Although I almost followed the recipe step by step, I think it was the temperature of the oven that did not help. I have an old oven which makes a bit hard to control the temperature. Taste wise, just yummy. Overall I think they are super easy to make. And super delicious too. Ok, ok…no more talk haha so let’s get started.
Down below, you’ll find a list of the ingredients and their amounts.
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 2/3 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder (If you don’t have baking soda, then add 3 teaspoons of baking powder, which is 1 tablespoon)
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg (optional)
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves (optional)
Take a whisk and we’ll just whisk this together. You can also just throw all these ingredients into a sifter as well. Perfect. Set this aside.
Wet Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup of softened butter (unsalted or salted)
- 1/2 cup of white granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup of light brown sugar
In a large bowl, add the butter and sugars. Break this up a little bit. Then with a hand mixer, stand mixer, or wooden spoon, cream these together. Add:
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup of pure pumpkin (canned pumpkin or homemade pumpkin puree)
Give this a mix just until combined. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides and make sure it all gets mixed evenly.
Combining Ingredients: Incorporate the dry mixture into the wet mixture, about a third of it at a time. Scrape the bowl to ensure everything is mixed in. If you don’t have an electric mixer, start with a whisk and switch to a wooden spoon when it gets thick. Stop using the mixer to avoid over-mixing the dough. Clean the beaters and scrape everything together.
Adding Chocolate Chips:
- 1 cup of chocolate chips (you have several options here, and you can choose between milk, semi-sweet, or dark)
Add the chocolate chips, reserving a couple of tablespoons to put on top later. Mix them in.
Baking Instructions for the pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
Well, at this moment you should preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (or 176 Celsius). Prepare an ungreased sheet pan. Use two tablespoons to drop the cookie batter onto the sheet pan, placing them about 2 inches apart. You should be able to get 10 cookies on one normal sheet pan. Add a few more chocolate chips on top. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176 Celsius) for 14 to 17 minutes, or until they are nice and golden brown. When poked with a toothpick, it should come out clean. Let them sit on the pan for about five minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. They should not stick too much to the pan, but you can use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat if desired.
This recipe makes somewhere between 18 and 24 cookies, depending on the size that you make them. There we go. Homemade pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Super easy to do. If I can do it, you can do it. This has been another easy recipe for this fall season.
If you have a foodie friend, you definitely should look for nice gift boxes to place the cookies and give it to your friends. These type of gifts are so special, because clearly you spent time, baking and making sure that the packaging looks nice. Also, these cookies are super unique, no where they will be able to buy these cookies. Another positive point is that because you baked them, they will have less high-processed ingredients.
Oh and the packaging. It doesn’t need to be fancy, but a white box for instance with a parchment paper, will look like you bought them from a cookie boutique haha. These are the small details that together create the whole experience, and I’m sure who receives it will feel so special. Time is precious and it spend a moment of your life preparing something special to them. Last but not least, they are an affordable gift to give and you can make these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies in batch.
I truly hope you could properly bake these cookies and they turned out to be super easy and delicious to you. And thank you for reading until here haha. Time for me to dive into these delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. So soft, delicious, nice chocolate and pumpkin flavor. Love these buttery cookies. One of my favorite cookies to make during the fall and holiday season. Well, just to let you know that this is not the only cookie recipe in this blog. For more delicious recipes like this, head to the Cookies page under the RECIPES category.
