Pumpkin and chocolate, the perfect fall treat! With or without the frosting they are delicious. A huge thank you to my college roommate Heather for sharing this recipe over 25 years ago! I've been making them every fall since then:).
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of shortening
- 1 cup of pumpkin
- 1 tsp of vanilla... or more:)
- 1tbsp of baking powder
- 1 tsp of cinnamon
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp of salt
Instructions:
- Add dry ingredients together
- Add moist together
- Fold dry and moist together
- Add 1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chip
- Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
Frosting:
-3 tbsp of butter
-½ cup brown sugar
-3 tbsp milk
-Add powder sugar for desired thickness
Immediately drizzle over warm cookies (frosting will dry and thicken quickly)
Comments
These are the best cookies ever.. Pumpkin n Chocolate go well together, especially with some Cinnamon/Vanilla Extract, Vanilla Paste made with Peanut Butter Whiskey n Vanilla Salt… thank you for this recipe. 💜
Why the choice to use all shortening? Just curious. A lot of my old recipes call for shortening and/or margarine which was common in the 60s-70s. I usually use half butter.. what is the texture of these cookies?? I had a hard time finding the chocolate chips because they aren’t listed as an ingredient. I was a bit confused until I read further. Thanks for all the great recipes!!