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Jessica Secrest

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft, cakey pumpkin cookies warm with cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice, loaded with chocolate chips and finished with a press of mini M&Ms. A first-day-of-school tradition worth coming home to.

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Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 2 teaspoonscinnamon
  • 2 teaspoonspumpkin pie spice · creator felt this was a lot but used it anyway
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 2 sticksbutter · melted
  • 3/4 cuppure pumpkin puree · not pumpkin pie mix; blot liquid out with paper towels
  • 3 tablespoonsmaple syrup
  • 1egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoonsvanilla
  • —flour
  • —sugar
  • —chocolate chips
  • —mini M&Ms · for pressing on top

Steps

  1. 1

    Combine the baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt with the dry ingredients in a bowl.

  2. 2

    Melt the butter.

  3. 3

    Blot the pumpkin puree with paper towels to squeeze out the liquid, then measure out 3/4 cup.

  4. 4

    Mix in the melted butter, pumpkin, maple syrup, egg yolk, and vanilla.

  5. 5

    Stir in the chocolate chips.

  6. 6

    Scoop the dough with a cookie scoop onto a baking sheet and press mini M&Ms on top.

  7. 7

    Bake until set — the cookies will be soft and cakey.

Creator's notes

Jessica credits the original recipe to Sally's Baking Addiction and admits she eyeballs the measurements. Expect a cakey cookie — she says that's just how pumpkin cookies go. The tradition comes from her mom baking chocolate chip cookies every first day of school.

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