White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies

Category: Desserts & Sweets | Blog URL: http://www.runnerskitchen.com/2009/11/white-chocolate-pumpkin-cookies/

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Megan Irene Kretz

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

dash of ginger and nutmeg

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, loosely packed

1/4 cup applesauce

1 cup pure pumpkin puree

2 eggs (preferably organic)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup chopped pecans

3 1/2 ounces Lindt white chocolate bar, chopped into small pieces

small handful of dark chocolate chips

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300 degrees and grease a large baking sheet

Whisk together flour, spices, and baking soda in a medium bowl

Beat together the sugar and butter until creamy

Mix in applesauce, eggs, pumpkin, and vanilla

Slowly incorporate flour mixture just until combined

Stir in the pecans and white chocolate and dark chocolate chips

Drop heaping Tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet and bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown on top

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Permalink Gymadre
September 4, 2011

Just made these, but used only 1.5 C all purpose flour, added 3 C quick oats and took out the nuts. Also added 1/2 tsp salt (did not see any salt in original recipe) Very Good! My daughter is coming home from school this weekend and she is my pumpkin lover.

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I LOVE all things pumpkin and these cookies satisfy that craving!

When my friend Hannah visited last fall she brought me a tupperware full of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies that I promptly devoured. Once they were gone, I knew I had to re-create them.

Even though I love to bake, I’m not the biggest fan of measuring/following directions (um, yes – I realize this is usually essential for baking). I went with my instincts last night and the result was healthy and tasty (tooting my own horn, just a bit)!!

These cookies have a very light, fluffy textures (almost like little pumpkin breads!) and the white chocolate is a surprisingly good compliment to the pumpkin. To assist in her post-marathon recovery, my roommate sampled 6 cookies and declared them “delicious!”.