Ingredients for - Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

1. Shortening 1 cup
2. White sugar 2 cups
3. Eggs 2
4. Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons
5. Pumpkin Puree 1 (15 ounce) can
6. All-purpose flour 4 cups
7. Baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons
8. Baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons
9. Salt 1 teaspoon
10. Ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon
11. Ground nutmeg 1 pinch
12. Semisweet chocolate chips 1 cup
13. Chopped walnuts (Optional) 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

2 . Stage

In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla and pumpkin until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir into the pumpkin mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips. Stir in the walnuts if desired. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.

3 . Stage

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until edges begin to brown. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.