Best Recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 from 21 votes

This amazing pumpkin chocolate chip cookies recipe will become an often requested favorite in your house.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 171kcal

Author: Stephanie Keeping

Combine sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a medium-sized bowl, and mix.
In a separate large bowl, add all wet ingredients: egg, vanilla, pumpkin, and oil. Mix until well combined.
Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
Fold in chocolate chips.
Let batter set for 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Scoop heaping tablespoons of cookie dough onto a greased baking sheet.
Lightly wet the tips of your fingers to pat down the cookie batter, then carefully place 3-4 extra chocolate chips on the tops of the cookies before baking to make them look prettier.
Bake for 10 minutes (time may vary with different ovens).
Remove from the oven and let cool on a cooling rack.

Watch out when you are at the grocery store that you buy pure pumpkin puree and not canned pumpkin pie filling.
Make sure not to overmix the dough or your cookies will flatten out too much.
Use a layer of parchment paper for easier clean-up instead of just greasing the pan.
Oven temperatures vary and may need to be recalibrated periodically to ensure they are accurate. Make sure to keep a close eye on your cookies as the suggested baking time approaches.
Make sure not to underbake your cookies or they will come out raw in the middle. Overbaking will result in cookies that are not soft.