October 31, 2007
In keeping with a bit of a recent obsession I baked pumpkin chocolate chip cookies yesterday. I found the recipe at allrecipes.com. I discovered that the Villa Market supermarkets chains stock canned pumpkin, so I decided to go about it the easy way and picked up a can on the way home from work.
While making them I decided that I am most definitely spoiling myself with an electric hand mixer once I get this month’s check and proper mixing bowls. This fork and pot business is just not charming enough for me anymore.
You need:
1 cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 and ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup chocolate chips
Make:
Preheat the over to 175C.
Cream the sugar and shortening. Mix in the egg. Add the vanilla essence and pumpkin and stir through until combined. Sift in the dry ingredients, except for the chocolate chips and mix. When all of this is combined well, add the cup of chocolate chips and mix it in.
Scoop spoons (or teaspoons) full of the batter onto cookie sheets and bake for about 15 minutes.
Let it cool and enjoy.
I scooped large spoons full of the batter onto the cookie sheets and they came out looking like Chernobyl cookies. Fantastic!
Suggestions for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies:
- the original recipe called for only white sugar, but for some reason I mix in some brown with everything of late. Both I assume work fine.
- next time I think I will add a little more cinnamon and nutmeg than 1 teaspoon
November 1, 2007 at 11:12 am
jy skrik nie vir koue pampoen nie
November 2, 2007 at 7:41 pm
WOW B! You are getting festive, what can we expect for Christmas?
Actually I love pumpkin and am happy to see it being used in another recipe…and defniately buy a hand mixer my dear!
November 4, 2007 at 11:19 am
Nic- Actually, we were just discussing today if we were going to do anything for Christmas. But since neither of us are big on the holiday I think not much. Might bake and decorate some Christmas cookies if you send me a recipe though!
Lolla- ek’s ‘n dapper muis…
November 6, 2007 at 9:45 pm
these look good. i might need to try them.
i like your expression in the last photo. you look like the cookies are doing something unexpected and vaguely scandalous.
November 7, 2007 at 1:27 am
oh, they were being vaguely scandalous. but i’m not telling you anything. you should bake them and find out for yourself. did you not bake some totally decadent item for the Mamie Eisenhower party? what was that again?
November 7, 2007 at 7:23 pm
ah yes, that would have been Jefferson Davis Pie, or as i like to call it, “baked goo.” the first time i had it was at a really cute little restaurant in virgin, utah, which alex can tell you all about. its main ingredients are butter and brown sugar. i think this is the recipe i used, although i left out the raisins and nuts - i didn’t want too many lumps in my goo. pure, unadulterated goo. for the pie shell, i just made a very basic one using flour, a bit of salt, cold water, and butter (more butter!) rather than shortening. mostly because i didn’t have shortening.
1/2 c. butter
2 c. brown sugar
4 egg yolks
2 tsp. flour
1/2 c. nuts
1 pie shell, unbaked
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 c. light cream
1/2 c. dates
1/2 c. raisins
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks; mix well. Combine flour and spice. Add to creamed mixture. Stir in rest of ingredients. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees until sets. Cool. Top with Cool Whip.
…and i sure as hell didn’t use cool whip.