Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is one of my most craved food items for YEARS. I used to go to the Yearick house and have them when I was younger, and as I dont live near them anymore (and havent for many years) Each year around Thanksgiving I get the pumpkincraze that cannot be sustained. Until this year.. Due to the technology and status updating of FB, My friend posted she had the recipe and was so gracious as to share it with me. Because my culinary skills are SLOW to develop, I must share the few things I do cook with you in photo-journalistic ways that I've picked up from Shannon and Nicole.

Plus I wanna make you drool and go out and make these asap!

Okay First Assemble the Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup pumpkin
2 cups flour
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Chocolate chips to taste (i used a whole bag last nite)





Cream sugar and butter (apparently this means soften the butter and stir in the sugar until mostly dissolved not granular).
Add egg and vanilla and pumpkin.



Combine all dry ingredients separately (but not the sugar cuz you already used that!)



then add to wet mixture.


Don't forget the Chocolate CHIPS!!!


Drop teaspoonful on cookie sheet.


Bake at 350 until sponge-like. I started at 10 minutes and check them, you want them to be soft on top but spongy enough that your finger wont go through!. After the first few batches I dropped to 8 minutes cuz the cookie tray was hot to start.
They are still soft and mushy today (a full 24 hrs later!)




They are SUPER tasty and I encouraged Kevin to take some to work to share but he said he wants to eat them all and he's kind enough to hide them from me so I dont get to them first! (so cute!).

I hope you make them and enjoy and celebrate the pumpkin season!!!

ALL CREDIT goes to the Yearick Family for sharing their awesomeness with me!:)