NAT NESTS: PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, BUT NOT *THE* PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

you know what? it's pumpkin season and it cannot be helped.

a few nights ago at about midnight i got this strange and serious itch 

for some dang pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

when i was in high school there was this girl i went to seminary with named rachel stratford.

she came to early morning seminary every day with her curly hair wet from the shower 

(she used pantene pro-v and that smell will always belong to her), 

and always had fresh tuna fish sandwiches and a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie in her lunch.

(we're talking freshly baked and sliced bread made by her mother each week and sprouts on top that were grown in a container on their kitchen counter)

during spirit week we got to "buy" a senior as part of a fundraiser,

so i bought rachel. primarily so i could force her to bring me lunch for a day.

and i am telling you what, it was worth it.

so i've been on the hunt for that pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe ever since 

because SOME PEOPLE'S MOTHERS don't share. winksmile ;)

(winksmile per brandon's rules enacted 2010) (long story)

this recipe isn't exactly it, but it was still good. 

and so the search continues....

pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

recipe adapted from ms. liz stanley 

ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar 

(i like light brown sugar)

1/2 cup shortening

(yes i went there)

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cup pumpkin 

(approximately 1 can)

2 3/4 cup flour

4 tsp pumpkin spice seasoning

(or: 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp nutmeg)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup chocolate chips

method:

preheat oven to 375F

mix wet ingredients till creamy, add dry until thoroughly mixed.

drop by the spoonful onto greased cookie sheet (i use pam spray, so sue me)

bake for 12 minutes if you make moooonster cookies like i do.

otherwise 9 minutes oughta do ya.

it's worth it to wait until they've cooled.

they're great warm but much better at room temperature.

p.s. and tooootally off topic:
today i went to the target in the bronx for some towels and fitted sheets. (and, um, other stuff)

my general rule of the targets is that if i can fit it all on the stroller
then i can most likely get it all home on the stroller.

for posterity. i mean, look at this.
jersey sheets, four towels, christmas jams. assorted kitchen items.
it was pretty precarious.
but it fit and i thought i was pretty clever, until...
the elevators were out at my stop!

long story short: i lifted that stroller and all that stuff there (in bags, obvs)
and carried it up two flights of stairs.
plus my toddler.

so i mean what else is a blog for if not for bragging about pointless stuff like that.