favorite cookie recipe :: pumpkin chocolate chip

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
(thanks to my best friend, Jenna, for this recipe!)

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup canned pumpkin puree (just plain ol pumpkin in a can)
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups milk chocolate chips, not semisweet
parchment paper* or nonstick cooking spray

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line with parchment paper

Using a mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Beat in the white and brown sugars, a little at a time, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time, then mix in the vanilla and pumpkin puree. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Slowly beat the flour mixture into the batter in thirds. Stir in the chips. Scoop the cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the cookies are browned around the edges. Remove cookie sheets from oven and let rest for 2 minutes.

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