Occasionally, that link between a food and its rightful season seems so strong that it feels like one couldn’t exist without the other! For instance, my mom’s potato salad practically begs to be eaten off a paper plate outdoors on a hot summer day. That potato salad contains the spirit of summer, and likewise, a summer without potato salad is practically unthinkable! A similar principle of seasonality applies to the very fall-centric recipe I’ll be sharing with you today!
Every year, when autumn arrives and the leaves start changing color, my thoughts become occupied by one particular recipe for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I first encountered this recipe back when I was producing a morning talk show in Salt Lake City called “Good Things Utah.” One autumn day, our cooking segment featured a guest chef who made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies using only three ingredients. Those cookies quickly became something of an obsession for the whole “Good Things Utah” crew! Our Executive Producer George liked them so much that he would bring batches of them to our remote shows to share with our viewers. (Ahh, good times! Miss you George!)
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Because these cookies are such a seasonal favorite of mine, I thought I would share them with you today! They’re soft, moist, and full of spiced pumpkin flavor. And of course, it doesn’t hurt that you only need three ingredients to make them! So if you happen to have these ingredients on hand (which I always do, because you never know when a cookie emergency could strike!) you could have a batch of these cookies cooling on your countertop in under 20 minutes. Give these absurdly easy pumpkin cookies a try, and you’ll understand why the fall season would be incomplete without them!
3-Ingredient Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
1 box Spice Cake mix
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin*
1 cup chocolate chips
*According to several OGT readers, it can be hard to find canned pumpkin outside the U.S. But that’s okay, because you can easily make your own pumpkin puree at home! Read my post at the link below to learn how it’s done!
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Directions:
Add the cake mix, pumpkin, and chocolate chips to a mixing bowl, and stir until everything is incorporated.
Next, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. Scoop up heaping tablespoons of the dough/batter mixture, and place them onto your baking sheet.
Bake the cookies at 350°F for 10-12 minutes until just firm.
What are your favorite things to make or eat during the fall season?
3-Ingredient Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box Spice Cake mix
- 1 15-ounce can pumpkin*
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add the cake mix, pumpkin, and chocolate chips to a mixing bowl, and stir until everything is incorporated.
- Next, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. Scoop up heaping tablespoons of the dough/batter mixture, and place them onto your baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies at 350°F for 10-12 minutes until just firm.
