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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

These soft and chewy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are made from scratch and loaded with dark chocolate chips and spiced pumpkin flavors. A true fall treat!

  • Prep20 min
  • Cook13 min
  • Total38 min
  • Yield28 cookies
  • Calories308

Ingredients Steps Notes

This from-scratch Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe is the most delicious and sweet fall treat that you’ll have on repeat all season long! This easy recipe bakes up over two dozen pumpkin cookies that everyone will love!

Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Scream Fall

Nothing screams fall like these Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies! They’re filled with delicious pumpkin spice flavor and sweet chocolate chips, making them the perfect treat to usher in cooler weather!

And even if the weather isn’t cooling down where you are yet, you can pair it with an ice-cold glass of milk and pretend. 😉

To make these the very best soft pumpkin chocolate chip cookies you’ll ever have, I took the ingredients from average to over-the-top with the addition of milk powder, bread flour, and instant vanilla pudding mix!

Ingredients For Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • unsalted butter
  • dark brown sugar
  • granulated sugar
  • large eggs
  • 100% pumpkin
  • vanilla extract
  • bread flour
  • instant vanilla pudding mix
  • powdered milk
  • pumpkin pie spice
  • salt
  • ground cinnamon
  • baking soda
  • chocolate chips (I prefer Guittard dark)

Grab a can of 100% pure pumpkin and raid the pantry; it’s time to make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! Along with pantry staple baking ingredients, this recipe also calls for instant vanilla pudding mix and powdered milk.

Though the amount of powdered milk seems small, it adds so much in terms of flavor! However, since it doesn’t impact the structure of the cookie, it can be left out if you’d like.

What Type of Pumpkin Works Best for this Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe?

100% canned pure pumpkin works best for making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. In stores, this is generally found next to the pumpkin pie filling. However, pumpkin filling and pure pumpkin are different.

Pure pumpkin is pureed pumpkin without any additional spices or sweeteners. In contrast, pumpkin pie filling is made with spices and comes pre-sweetened.

How To Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

  1. Cream the unsalted butter, dark brown sugar, and granulated sugar together in a large bowl or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Scrape the sides of the bowl halfway through to be sure all of the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.
  2. Add one egg at a time, mixing after each addition just until the yolk is streaky throughout the dough.
  3. Mix in the 100% pumpkin and vanilla extract until just combined.
  4. Whisk the bread flour, box of instant vanilla pudding mix, powdered milk, pumpkin pie spice, salt, ground cinnamon, and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Next, slowly add the dry ingredients, one cup at a time to the wet ingredients.
  5. Add in chocolate chips and mix on low speed only until combined. Be very careful not to overmix the cookie dough!
  6. Portion the dough out onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, leaving about 4 inches between each cookie. If desired, gently press additional chocolate chips into the tops and sides of the cookies.
  7. Transfer the baking sheet of cookies into the preheated oven and bake until the edges are just turning light brown. Then allow them to cool on the pan before transferring them to a wire rack to completely cool.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Substitutions and Variations

  • Chocolate Chips – Feel free to use your favorite chocolate chips in this cookie recipe! Dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and even white chocolate chips would all work deliciously in this recipe.
  • Additional Mix-Ins – Pecans, walnuts, and even raisins can be mixed in for texture and flavor variation.
  • Pumpkin Pie Spice – If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice on hand, you can easily make homemade pumpkin pie spice using ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and ground mace.
  • Unsalted Butter – Using unsalted butter in this recipe allows for more flavor control over the cookies. However, if you prefer to use salted butter, omit the 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt.

How to Store Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

Store Chocolate chip pumpkin cookies in an airtight container or Ziploc bag with parchment paper separating the layers of cookies. The cookies can then be stored at room temperature for 3 to 4 days or in the fridge for 6 days.

How To Freeze Cookies

You can also freeze these cookies! To do so, first, flash-freeze the baked cookies by placing them on a baking sheet and transferring them to the freezer. This allows the cookies to freeze individually before transferring them into a freezer-safe container or Ziploc freezer bag.

Whereas, if the baked cookies are placed in a container or bag before being flash frozen, they will likely freeze together in one big clump. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies can be stored in the freezer for 2 to 3 months.

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Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

  2. In a large bowl or stand mixer (I highly recommend a stand mixer for this recipe) fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the , , and on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl halfway through.

  3. Add the one at a time, mixing after each one just until the yolk is streaky throughout the dough. Add the and and mix just until combined.

  4. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the , , , , , , and . With the mixing beating at low (stir) speed, slowly add the flour mixture a cup at a time. If you have a flour shield for your mixer, I recommend using it as this recipe creates a lot of dough. Increase to medium speed and mix just until combined, then remove from the mixer and use a rubber spatula to mix up any loose flour from the bottom of the bowl into the dough.

  5. Add 1½ cups of the and mix at low speed just until combined, be careful not to overmix. You can finish mixing with a rubber spatula or with your hands until the dough is fully combined and the chips are evenly incorporated.

  6. Use a large #16 cookie scoop to portion out the dough on the prepared baking sheets, leaving 4 inches between each (6 cookies will fit on a 12x17-inch cookie sheet). Press the remaining chocolate chips into the tops and sides of the balls of dough.

  7. Bake the cookies one cookie sheet at a time for 11 to 13 minutes or until the edges are just turning light brown. The centers should still be very soft and look slightly puffy and underdone. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool for 5 minutes on the pan before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. While they are still warm, you can add more chocolate chips to fill in any gaps for appearances.

Notes

  • This recipe will require 4 to 5 batches, I recommend using two cookie sheets so that you can keep things moving since the cookies need to cool on the cookie sheet.
  • The powdered milk can be left out as it won't impact the texture. However, it adds so much in terms of flavor, even though it seems like a small amount.
  • Creaming the butter and sugar for 2 minutes is important to the final structure of the cookie, do not shortcut this.
  • There will likely be some flour that settles in the bottom of the bowl; make sure you get this all mixed in. Do not just start cooking off the dough from the top, or you'll end up with a couple of dry cookies near the end. So use a rubber spatula or your hands to work the drier bits into the dough. Do not just keep mixing in the mixer; this will overwork the dough and won't be as effective. This was my experience with a stand Artisan 4.5 qt mixer; it may come together just fine with a larger size.
  • A ¼ cup measuring cup can also be used to portion out the dough.

Nutrition

  • Calories308
  • Carbs43g
  • Protein4g
  • Fat14g
  • Saturated fat8g
  • Fiber1g
  • Sugar27g
  • Sodium185mg

Estimates per serving, when a serving size is listed.

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