Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup canned pumpkin

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

2 cups chocolate chips, semisweet 

Directions:

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick spray.

2. Beat the butter until smooth. Beat in the white and brown sugars, a little at a time, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time, then mix in the vanilla and pumpkin. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Slowly beat the flour mixture into the batter in thirds. Stir in the chips.

3. Scoop the cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cookies are browned around the edges. Remove the cookie sheets from the oven and let them rest for 2 minutes. Take the cookies off with a spatula and cool them on wire racks.

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