Nothing says "fall" quite like pumpkin, but pumpkin cookies tend to be cakey and more muffin-top like than cookies... until now. These soft and chewy cookies have a cookie texture you'll LOVE and are packed with pumpkin flavor and sweet white chips for contrast and flavor. They've been deemed a friend's FAVORITE cookie EVER, and I know they'll be yours too!
Ingredients
½ cup unsalted butter, melted
¾ cup white granulated sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling!)
1 tsp cinnamon
⅛ tsp nutmeg
Pinch cloves
Pinch ginger
Pinch salt
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup white chocolate chips (may also use cinnamon chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, seasonal pumpkin chips, or semi-sweet chocolate chips if desired)
Instructions
In the bowl of a stand mixer affixed with the paddle attachment, beat together the melted butter, white sugar and brown sugar until combined. Beat in the vanilla and pumpkin to combine. Lastly, add in the spices, cornstarch, baking soda, salt and flour until a soft dough has formed. Stir in the chips.
Refrigerate the cookie dough for AT LEAST 30 minutes, up to 1 day, until chilled. (I typically refrigerate mine for at least an hour). Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. and line two baking sheets with silicone liners or mist the baking sheets with cooking spray.
Drop rounded Tablespoonfuls of dough onto the baking sheets, about 1" apart. Bake for approx. 8-10 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking time. Cookies may appear slightly puffy and underdone, but do NOT overbake! Absolutely do not cook them longer than 10 minutes; the cookies will continue to cook slightly on the baking sheets as they cool.
Remove the cookies from the oven. If cookies are puffy, slightly flatten them with the bottom of a glass. Top with a couple of remaining chips, if you'd like (to make them look pretty). Let them sit on the baking sheets for about 10-15 minutes before carefully transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Recipe by The Domestic Rebel at https://thedomesticrebel.com/2014/09/30/the-best-chewy-pumpkin-chip-cookies/