Pumpkin Pie Spice Cookies with Chocolate Chips

The apartment smells wonderful! Cos I am baking some pumpkin pie spice cookies. I have been wanting to make these ever since I tasted some at Wholefoods. I just love pumpkin pie spice. What is not there to love. It has cinnamon, it has cloves, it has nutmeg - all the exotic spices that smells so warm and festive! These cookies were soft and chewy and a nice crumbly texture.

Ingredients:

• Flour - 1 Cup and 4 tbs
• Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
• Pumpkin Pie Spice - 1 tsp
• Salt - a pinch
• Egg - 1 at room temperature
• Butter - 1 stick, 8 oz at room temperature
• Sugar - 1/2 Cup, granulated
• Pureed Pumpkin - 1/2 Cup (I used store bought)
• Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
• Chocolate Chip - 1/2 Cup, semi-sweet 

Preheat oven to 375F. In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, salt and keep aside. In a different bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, pumpkin puree and vanilla essence and using a electric hand mixer or fork mix well till smooth. Add in the dry ingredients. Throw in the chocolate chips and incorporate well. The batter is going to be a little sticky. Drop in dollops of batter using 2 tablespoons or a small icecream scoop. I pushed a little chocolate chip in the middle of the dough to make these more enticing for my 4 year old! Bake till the edges turn golden brown. It took me about 15mins. Cool and serve.

Adapted from here