Pumpkin Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have been asked by a few people to start posting recipes that I try out/mess with/create.
So, since the fall season has come upon us, I have decided to start with a 

classic autumn ingredient: pumpkin.

I happened upon a recipe for pumpkin cookies that I played with and came up with this recipe. It is absolutely delicious! Just made them a little bit ago and Riley and I can't stop eating them. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• If you don't have pumpkin pie spice, I learned you can create your own by mixing together 1 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, 1/4 tsp. ground cloves, and 1/2 tsp. ground ginger.
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 Tb. butter, melted
• 1 egg white
• 2 Tb. pumpkin puree 
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1/4 to1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, finely chopped (optional)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°

Line your cookie sheet, or lightly butter it (I have learned that using Pam cooking spray actually ruins cookie sheets!)

In a medium sized bowl, combine your flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. 

In a larger bowl, combine and beat both sugars, butter, egg white, pumpkin puree, and vanilla together until the consistency is light and fluffy. 

Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until everything is blended together. Add the mini chocolate chips and nuts. If, and only if, you find that your batter is too crumbly, you can add small drops of water a little bit at a time until you obtain the right consistency. 

Once everything comes together, drop the cookies by spoonfuls on to the cookie sheet, placing them about 1 inch apart. 

Bake for about 10 mins. Let them sit for 5 mins before taking the cookies off the cookie sheet, and place them to cool on wire racks.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies!

Enjoy!