Pumpkin Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup canola or corn oil
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Preparation:

1. If you are going to bake two sheets of Cookies at a time, then arrange the racks in your oven to divide it into thirds. For baking with one sheet at a time, put one of the oven racks in the center of the oven.
2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
3. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or grease them with cooking spray.
4. Stir the Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Salt and Spices together in a medium bowl and set aside.
5. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the eggs and sugar until smooth and light colored.
6. With electric beaters on low speed, mix the oil, applesauce, pumpkin, and vanilla until blended.
7. Mix in the flour mixture from step #4 to incorporate it.
8. Mix in the chips.
9. Drop heaping tablespoons of the dough onto the cookie sheet spacing them about 2 inches apart.
10. Bake the cookies until the tops feel firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry, about 10 minutes.
11. Cool them on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack.

Makes about 3 dozen