Madison Hayes’ Famous Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (Kelsey’s Favorite)

November 19, 2014

One of my favorite times of the year is the fall. The cooler weather brings with it the holiday season, cozy sweaters, smoking chimneys, brilliant oranges and reds, and hot soups, baked breads and spicy confections!Loved ones cooking in the kitchen, ah, ’tis food for the soul!

I love the smell of nutmeg and cinnamon filling the home and so does Kelsey Hayes, Colleen Houck’s heroine from New York Times Bestseller Tiger’s Curse.

For those of you die hard fans, here’s a Kelsey quote (appropriate for Thanksgiving) from Tiger’s Curse, “Ren! You scared the stuffing out of me!”

And now without further adieu, I give you, the recipe for this spicy baked confection!

Madison Hayes’ Famous Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (Kelsey’s Favorite)

(Recipe adapted from twopeasinapod.com)

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1-2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1 cup butter, at room temperature

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg yolk, at room temperature

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup pumpkin puree

2 1/2 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and spices. Set aside.
Using a mixer, cream the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla, and pumpkin and mix until combined. Slowly add in the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Drop cookies two inches apart using a cookie scooper and bake for 11-13 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to brown around the edges. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for two minutes. Transfer to a wire cooling rack and cool completely.

I’d love feedback with comments/ratings on this recipe! I’m always looking to improve upon my own recipes and hear others ideas!

~Till next time,

Linda Louise

This entry was posted in Kelsey's Favorite Things, Recipes.

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I’m Linda Louise, one of the bloggers on this website and Colleen’s little sister. I’m just a girl in her mid-thirties who feels thirteen when I play outside with my boys, fifteen when I sing my heart out listening to tunes while driving by myself, and sixty five when I go out past ten at night. I have a thing for junior mints, Mt. Dew, shrimp and kale (though not all at once) and I have a crush on Superman. I still get girlish butterflies when I read Twilight, cry when I read These is My Words, and smile from ear to ear when I read Anne of Green Gables. I have nightmares about aliens on a regular basis and I have a bad habit of midnight snacking. I love everything sports, except golf (although can that honestly be considered a sport??), and I hate anything that slithers, hisses, or stings. I have a problem with giggling at inappropriate moments and I sometimes wish life was a musical. I love science, hate math, love Dr. Seuss, and hate olives. My family is my world and my joys come from their happiness. I’ve learned I don’t know much about anything and I live for a good adventure, naps, cuddles, stories, exceptional food and The Shire.

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