Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies

Now that I'm reclaiming my Sundays (previously dominated by long half-marathon training runs and subsequent ouchiness), I feel like myself again. My heart's been a little broken since life has forced me to stay away from the kitchen. But I'm back, and so are my oven and my healed heart!



These Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies taste like coziness. They have the warmth of pumpkin pie spice and the creaminess of pumpkin puree, with that lovable sweet shock that comes with any high dose of white chocolate. They're also on the soft, cakey side of the texture spectrum, which I love. The original recipe calls for a brown sugar frosting, but mine turned out sweet enough on their own so I skipped it.



What are you baking this fall?

Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies
Adapted from Taste of Home
Printable Recipe
Makes 3-4 dozen

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup canned pumpkin (not pie filling)
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 package (11 ounces) white chocolate chips

1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and pumpkin. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in white chocolate chips.

2. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.