Thursday, October 11, 2012

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies



We cannot let this autumn season pass by without reposting my favorite cookie recipe! These are very popular in our family!

It's recommended that we have a good source of Vitamin A every other day. It's best utilized by our bodies if the resource is cooked and served with some type of fat. Do you cook carrots or orange squash every other day? I don't, but resolve to do better. I'm quite sure my university sons aren't eating dark orange veggies every other day either. So, this evening I baked cookies to send to them. Vegan and filled with Vitamin A, I think they'll enjoy them. Here's the recipe if you'd like a sweet and tasty way to get your vitamins!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

A delicious, moist cookie that freezes very well.

2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can solid pumpkin puree
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour*
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
12 ounces vegan semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

Cream the sugar, shortening, pumpkin and vanilla together. Mix until well blended. In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. Stir the flour mixture into the creamed mixture. Stir gently until combined. Add the chocolate chips and walnuts. Mix together. Drop by teaspoonsful onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 12 - 15 minutes.

These cookies are delicious; cake-like and the type that melt in your mouth. I think their flavor would be enhanced by a pinch of salt in the recipe. The walnuts in this recipe add Omega-3's to the diet, and of course we all know that the chocolate is very good for us and high in anti-oxidants!

*For gluten free, Bob's Red Mill flour blend is recommended.

5 comments:

  1. I know that I have this recipe in my files. I think I may have even baked them before. Always on the lookout for a yummy and nutritious cookie for the grands. I don't know that I remembered that we need a pop of Vitamin A every other day. Wonder why not every day... Interesting!

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  2. These cookies look good and I love how you can bake so many different things with pumpkin.

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  3. This looks delicious! Wish I could have some cookies and tea! (Still can't have chocolate or black tea :-(

    So good hearing from you!

    Katherine

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  4. I love anything made with pumpkin. How yummy. i need to try the flour you recommend.
    Thanks for the recipe.
    Linda

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  5. Yum! My mother used to make these cookies, and it's been a long time since I've baked them. Thanks for the reminder. They're especially perfect for the fall season.

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