Punkin Cookies

Here is an old family favorite for Halloween time.

Preheat oven for 350 degrees

What you need:
Dry ingredients, then mix them all together in one bowl
2 cups flour (I use half wheat, half all purpose)
1 cup oats (quick works best)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp (heaping) cinnamon
dash or 2 of nutmeg (to taste)

Wet ingredients,
1 cup butter (use the real stuff) soft, but not warmer than room temp
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
cream all these together in a different bowl
Alternate mixing the dry ingredients with the butter/sugar mixture with
1 cup canned cooked pumpkin

Add
1 cup chocolate chips at the end

Drop them on a lightly greased cookie sheet and slightly flatten them. You can make them into pumpkin shapes if you're talented enough and remember not to eat the stems separately.... :)

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes depending on cookie size. You know they're done when they poof up and the color is darker orange and soft (not squishy) to the touch.

You can decorate them to look like jack-o-lanterns if you feel adventurous. Last time I just frosted them with cream cheese frosting.