White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies
By: Megan Irene Kretz
Published: Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 11:31am

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

1 Preheat oven to 300 degrees and grease a large baking sheet 2 Whisk together flour, spices, and baking soda in a medium bowl 3 Beat together the sugar and butter until creamy 4 Mix in applesauce, eggs, pumpkin, and vanilla 5 Slowly incorporate flour mixture just until combined 6 Stir in the pecans and white chocolate and dark chocolate chips 7 Drop heaping Tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet and bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown on top

About


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!”.

Comments:
Gymadre

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.