Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Rebecca and I also made a batch of pumpkin cookies yesterday. Another easy pumpkin recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod. These are more cakey than most cookies. But still very good. They got 2 thumbs up from the 3 of us. And great reviews from my parents as well! Plus I like that they are a little healthier than a lot of cookies...whole wheat, oats, applesauce, pumpkin...not bad. So far so good with my pumpkin experiments. I haven't made anything I don't like yet. These were very easy to make. I used half semi-sweet and half white chocolate chips. And I had to bake mine a little longer. Just depends how big you make the cookies and what kind of pan you use. Some took about 12 min. Some took more like 15 min. I didn't use silpat or parchment paper (I forgot) and they came off the pan no problem at all. I got 32 cookies out of this batch.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1/4 cup applesauce
¾ cup pumpkin
1 egg
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. nutmeg
¼ tsp. all spice
¾ cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cup oats
1 cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream the butter with the sugars until soft and creamy, using a mixer.
3. Add in applesauce, pumpkin, egg and vanilla.
4. In a separate bowl combine the salt, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice, and flour. Whisk the ingredients together.
5. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients, with the mixer on low. Mix until blended.
6. Add the oats and briefly mix. Stir inthe chocolate chips.
7. Scoop tablespoons of dough onto a baking sheet that has a Silpat or parchment paper. 8. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes! Let cool on a rack.