Fall Is In The Air - Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

The air is crisp when I wake up in the morning.  My nose runs when I am outside for more than a few minutes.  Fall is in the air.  This can only mean one thing - pumpkins.  Pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin soup, stuffed pumpkin - you name it, I want to make and eat it!  This is one reason fall is my favorite season - I cannot get enough pumpkin in my life.  

With a chill in the air and my brain thinking fall is right around the corner (or here!) I couldn't help but think about making a dessert with a pumpkin flavor.  I recently made a batch of chocolate chip cookies - melt in your mouth, delicious butter flavor, warm, gooey chocolate chips.  Since these were still on my mind, I decided to combine two of my favorites.  Alas, the pumpkin chocolate chip cookie.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home

Ingredients:

• 1 cup European style butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 large brown egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 4 dozen.