Very Delicious Pumpkin Cookies

Submitted by Gabe6309

"Those that hate pumpkin pie, will love these. These are a kids favorite. VERY delicious."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup firm margarine, softened or 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1⁄4 cups brown sugar, packed
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (no spices)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

directions

1. Cream margarine and brown sugar in a large bowl. Add eggs, 1 at a time,.
2. beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
3. Combine next 7 ingredients in a small bowl. Add to margarine mixture inches.
4. 2 additions, mixing well after each addition until no dry flour remains.
5. Add chocolate chips (or raisins), and nuts (optional). Mix well. Drop, using 1 ½ Tbsp (25 mL) for each, about 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Bake in 375F (190F) oven for about 15 minutes until golden. Let stand on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool. Makes about 4 dozen (48) cookies.

Reviews

[Hippie2MARS]

This recipe makes soft, puffy cookies and do look lovely.Flavor-wise however, I'd have to say "Meh". These were bland and had little flavor. The chocolate flavor does not compliment the pumpkin flavor and seems out of place. I'm very disappointed since I made a special trip to the store just to get canned pumpkin. Not a recipe I'll use again. Made for PAC Spring 2012.

 

[BeansnRice]

This was very good! I was looking for a recipe that was like one that I had misplaced. I tweaked the recipe a little bit and used nutmeg instead of the cloves and ginger and used a tad more pumpkin than 1 cup. They turned out sort of like muffins and my whole family enjoyed them. Thanks for posting!