bonnie's pumpkin cookies

Cottonwood, CA
Updated on Oct 27, 2020

It is that time of year! Nothing speaks of fall like the pumpkins do. Let's celebrate by making Pumpkin Cookies. You will love these light and feathery morsels of goodness that are laced with chocolate and chopped walnuts. So delicious. Your house will smell heavenly, too! Enjoy!

prep time
cook time
method Bake
yield

Ingredients

  • KITCHEN AID MIXER BOWL:
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup crisco vegetable oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • SECOND BOWL:
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/ 2 teaspoon salt
  • ADD LAST:
  • 4 drops of red food coloring
  • 2 cups chocolate chips semi sweet
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

How To Make bonnie's pumpkin cookies

  • Mix wet ingredients together
    Step 1
    In your electric mixer bowl, mix together the pumpkin, sugar, oil and the egg.
  • Mix dry ingredients together
    Step 2
    Then in the second bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  • Add flour to wet and mix well
    Step 3
    Now add the second bowl ingredients to the wet ingredients in the Kitchen Aide mixer.
  • Add chocolate chips and chopped walnuts
    Step 4
    Last: Add in the red food coloring, (The cookies won't be orange if you don't use it) vanilla, chocolate chips, and chopped walnuts.
  • Stir to blend
    Step 5
    Give it a quick stir with the paddle.
  • Drop by tablespoons onto parchment paper
    Step 6
    Add cookies to parchment paper on an air cookie sheet by tablespoons and bake in a preheated 375 degree oven until light brown for about 15 to 20 minutes.
  • When cookies are done, remove to a rack to cool
    Step 7
    When cookies are done, remove to a cooling rack.
  • Store cookies in a container with a tight lid. Cookies can be frozen
    Step 8
    Cookies can be stored in a container with a tight lid
  • Here is how they look
    Step 9
    Here is how they look. Enjoy!

Discover More

Category: Cookies
Keyword: #pumpkin
Keyword: #bonnie
Keyword: #Cookies
Method: Bake
Culture: American
Ingredient: Flour

Comment & Reviews

ADVERTISEMENT
Just A Pinch Sweepstakes