Chewy Pumpkin Cookies with Butterscotch and Chocolate Chips

Now featured on Huffington Post Canada!

For the long bus ride up to her school’s camp-out, Bea wanted a nut-free, pumpkin version of the amazing cookies we made last month. So, to work we went, and came up with these beauties: Chewy Pumpkin Cookies with Butterscotch and Chocolate Chips! Fasten your seatbelts, pumpkin lovers. We’ve outdone ourselves. Oh, and by the way, purists, these babies are AMAZING even without the chips!

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The Lunchbox Season's Chewy Pumpkin Cookies with Butterscotch and Chocolate Chips

A chewy and delicious pumpkin cookie that tastes great with or without the chips! Now featured on Huffington Post Canada: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/09/what-to-eat_n_8514006.html

Author: Roseanne Carrara, The Lunchbox Season

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1 cup pumpkin purée
• 3 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon each: nutmeg cloves, allspice or 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup butterscotch chips [optional]
• 1 cup chocolate chips [optional]

Instructions

• In a medium bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and spices and set aside.
• In a mixer or by hand, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Add the molasses and vanilla until combined.
• Add the pumpkin purée until combined.
• Add the dry ingredients until fully combined.
• Add the [optional] chips and mix until just combined.
• Refrigerate the dough for 20-30 minutes.
• Heat the oven to 350 and line cookie sheets with parchment or silpats.
• Drop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto lined pans.
• Bake for just about 11 minutes.
• Allow to cool on pans for at least 10 minutes before transferring the cookies on their parchment or silpat onto wire racks.
• Cool for at least another 30 minutes before serving.

Notes

Recipe may be halved! The chips aren't necessary, but they make a lovely addition!