Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. It seems like much more “home cooking” begins and I love to cook! This recipe has become a staple around the time the fall pumpkins come out and the pilot absolutely loves them. The ingredient list is mostly in the cabinet already. You don’t have to cook a fresh pumpkin to make this recipe, but I highly recommend it. Here’s the ingredient list:
1 & 1/2 cups of butter
2 cups of packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 cups of steamed pumpkin (if you do not want to cook your own use 1 can of solid packed pumpkin)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups of all-purpose flour
2 cups of quick-cooking oats
2 teaspoons of baking soda
2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of salt
2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips
If you are going to steam your own pumpkin, start with that. Cooking pumpkins are usually quite a bit smaller than carving pumpkins. First, cut open the top and take the seeds out (just like you do a Halloween pumpkin). Then peel the outside of it with a potato peeler. It’s not very hard to do. Once it is peeled, steam the pumpkin for about an hour an a half (note, you are not boiling it, but steaming it). It will slightly change to a darker color. After it has cooked, put the pumpkin into a blender and blend away. That’s it!
Now you can preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, mix the butter and sugars together.
In the mixer, Combine the pumpkin, egg, and vanilla.
Then add the flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add the butter-sugar mixture to the mix, slowly.
After it is well mixed stir in the chocolate chips.
I like my cookies to be fluffy so I like to bake the cookies on an ungreased cooking matte. Bake them 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. These are very homemade and are wonderful to eat. The pilot gives these a 9.5 on the 1-10 scale. Enjoy!
I totally agree with the pilot! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! I love reading your blog!
CA
Just reading the recipe, I felt my butt get two sizes bigger. YUMMY!!!!!!!
Morgan, these look yummy!!!! Kelli V
I loved these, Morgan. I was actually telling complete strangers about them at dinner last weekend!