
Pumpkin Spice Drop Cookies
w/ Chocolate Chips and Pecans
adapted from “Mrs. Fields Cookie Cookbook”
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (you can make your own. It’s better that way)
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup salted butter, softened
1 large egg
1 cup pumpkin (canned or freshly cooked)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 bag semi -sweet chocolate chips
1 cup pecans, chopped
Preheat oven to 300 degrees
In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Mix well with wire whisk and set aside.
In a large bowl, blend sugars with an electric mixer, set at medium speed. Add the butter and beat to form a grainy paste. Scrape sides of bowl, then add egg, pumpkin and vanilla. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add the flour mixture, chips and pecans. Blend at low speed just until combined. Do not overmix.
Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookies sheets, 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake 22-24 minutes until cookies are slightly brown along edges. Immediately transfer cookies with a spatula to a cool surface.
Makes 3 dozen.
“We humbly thank you for any help paying off Courtney’s extensive medical bills
and taking care of the cost of the remainder of her final arrangements**
Here is the best part, you can't do it wrong , no matter how you.choose or how many times you change your mind. Your heart is filled with love and God is in control, all your choices will be the right ones. As long as you follow your sweet heart, pray about it …you will always do the right thing for your wonderful.daughter , you and your family. The rest of us respect your every choice and are praying along with you. Besides that, how can baking ever be wrong? :-).
If I wasn't sat in bed near midnight halfway around the world from you Mary, I would jump up and make some of these straight away! Just need to work out where in England I can find tinned pumpkin?…
Great to see you enjoying the simple pleasures of life. Don't worry, lots of prayers still going up for all of you.
Most supermarkets sell it
I am so happy to read this!! Courtney (and you!) deserve this! Squeeze every drop out of it! Every last drop. Prayers for you all!
Yes! You are the bravest and sweetest Mama!!
First time commenter but I have been following/catching up on your story for a month or so now. I love seeing this! Glad to hear you are embracing life (with pumpkin-spice cookies, no less! Yum!) and taking the day as it comes right now. Prayers for your family!
God is so good!!!! You have more courage than I have ever witnessed…. Being a fool for Christ is such a blessing !! I'm mean how much control do we REALLY have over what we moms worry about!!! Good for you … As my grandsons say " You Got This" …. What an example you are!!!! Praying that you and your girl are given Our Lady's peace and mercy and that you squeeze out every bit of life there is in a day and never look back!!! Praying !! Praying !! Praying!!
Rachel- I live in Liverpool! Try wait rose or ocado for canned pumpkin. Tesco had it last year and I have some cans left from then so I am definitely going to make these cookies. And Mar, we are praying for your family every day. God Bless, Kara
Kara, I think we have met! At Roaslind's?
And thanks for the heads up about where to get pumpkin purée. Is it only seasonal?
Hello Rachel! If you'd like to get together sometime I could bring you a can of pumpkin! Yes, it is seasonal, but this is the season for it. 🙂
Thank Kara! Let's do that;we can bake some of Mary's cookies!
Good to see you getting your groove back Mary! Courtney's here, let's celebrate!
Good for you…live life! Totally making those cookies this weekend.
God bless you, Mary. I am a mom of 3 young children, and I just want you to know how often your words, your devotion to your vocation of motherhood, and your strong faith even in terrible circumstances has lifted me up. God is using your life for such good, even beyond your family. Please know you are in my daily prayers and I am offering my mass intentions for a peaceful welcome to heaven for sweet Courtney. Have a wonderful day doing "normal" things!
There's so much grace, strength, courage, and beauty in this! Mary, you are such an inspiration. You're whole family. Letting God work. Letting Him hold you, day in and day out. I can't imagine all your mama heart is going through on the daily but choosing joy and celebration is such a hard choice that requires much. I pray it brings you all peace and goodness. Thank you, again, for sharing your journey with such honesty. Your family is such a gift to so many.
Praise be to God!
Love this post! Love your beautiful, courageous perspective, Mary. Thanks for being a light!
Mary, your blog is putting people together across the world! Kara and I live less than an hour from each other and have met at a mutual friend's but haven't been in touch for a while. We are going to meet up and eat your cookies! Thanks, the Body of Christ is alive and kicking!
Those cookies look DELISH – thanks for sharing!! As always, you are remembered in our prayers.