Recently my husband and I decided to create a homeschool environment for our toddler. Noble is only 2.5 years old but we wanted to start introducing a little routine and an educational atmosphere for him. I decided that we would do a half-day pre-school schedule from around 9AM to 12PM Monday through Friday.
Now, I’m no trained educator so of course I had to do my research on various lesson plans, activities and pre-school appropriate curriculums and although we are only in our second week things have been going well.
One of the hands-on activities that I chose to incorporate into our weekly schedule is Baking. I love to bake but haven’t really been able to do it as much as I would like to. So now, on Wednesdays we bake.
A little while ago I purchased this great dessert recipe book (Delish Insane Sweets by JoAnna Saltz & The Editors of Delish) from Target and I’m determined to try every recipe in the book. This past week Noble and I baked Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies and they were so delicious and easily one of my new favorite Fall treats.
If you are a beginner baker this recipe is pretty easy and quick to make. The recipe calls for the following ingredients:
2 1/4 cup of All Purpose Flour
1 Tsp of Pumpkin Pie Spice
1/2 Tsp of Kosher Salt
1 Tsp baking soda
3/4 Cup of Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup of Granulated Sugar
2 Sticks of Butter
3/4 Cup of Pumpkin Puree
2 Cups of Semisweet Chocolate Chips
2 Tsp of Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Large Egg
Before you get started mixing all of your ingredients you will want to preheat your oven to 375 degrees F and line your baking sheets.
The first ingredients you will need to mix together are the baking soda, flour, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
Next you will want to mix together the butter (softened) and the sugars together. Be sure to mix these together in a separate bowl from the flour mixture. Although you can use a hand whisk for this step its probably a lot easier if you use a hand mixer.
Once you have the butter and sugar mixed until its nice and fluffy you can add the egg, vanilla, and pumpkin puree. Once these ingredients are mixed well you can add the flour, baking soda and pumpkin pie spice mixture to it.
The last thing you will mix is are the Chocolate chips (yum). You will want to make sure to fold the chocolate chips into the mixture (do not use hand mixer or whisk for this step),
Once all the ingredients have been mixed together place the mixture in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes take the cookie dough mixture out and scoop out small balls of dough to place on your baking sheets (size of cookie dough balls will depend on how big you want the cookies). Also make sure to spread the cookies apart by about 2 inches or so.
Lastly, you will bake each batch for about 12 minutes.
When I tell you that these cookies are so soft and so tasty I am not kidding.
They are definitely a great option for any Fall festivities and gatherings or if you simply just love all things Pumpkin flavored and sweet.
Happy Fall & Happy Baking!
YOUNG lifesty-EL 