Mixin' Mom: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Tonight we are headed to a "Halloween Party" at a friend's house, complete with a costume contest! My boys are going to be minions from the movie, "Despicable Me." I sure hope they win! We were all asked to provide a side dish or dessert tonight, so I went with the later. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies with Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips. To. Die. For. They are super moist and soft in the middle with the best tasting chocolate ever! Here is the recipe.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies *Makes almost 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

- 1 cup pumpkin in a can
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. vanilla
- 2 cups flour (plus 2 tbsp. flour at high altitude)
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. taking soda
- 2 cups chocolate chips

1. Mix pumpkin, oil, sugars, egg and vanilla together in your Kitchenaide mixer.
2. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda.
3. Slowly add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Drop spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-12 minutes. (Mine took 9 minutes)
6. Store in a sealed container.