Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Pudding

What says fall more than pumpkin?  There are a few things but nothing better than these pumpkin spice cookies.  What makes these cookies special is that they have pumpkin spice pudding in the dough.  Pudding mix makes your cookies super soft and they stay that way then the added spices were really nice.  I made these last week to take to my quilt group.  There are a couple of ladies that are allergic to chocolate, can you imagine!, but they can have white chocolate. So these were perfect because everyone could enjoy them.

The kitchen smells so good while these were baking. 

You won't use all the pumpkin so save it for later.  I have something else for you to use it so don't throw it away.

Start with 3/4 cup softened butter.  That's one and a half sticks.

Add 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup sugar.  Cream those well until it is light and fluffy.  You know they always talk about not over beating your cookie dough.  Well you can whip the butter and sugars for a while because that is adding some air to the batter.

Add the pudding mix to the batter

Mix well.

Add 1/2 cup pumpkin puree.  This is usually what is in the can you find this time of year.

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder.  I like to add the spices and baking powders or sodas in before the flour and mix well and then you know they are well mixed.

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour.  Mix well

Add 1 1/2 cups white chocolate baking chips.

Scoop them out on a parchment lined baking sheet.  You can use whatever size cookie scoop that you like.  I use the small 1 inch scoop.  These will not spread so you can put them a little closer than normal.  Place in a preheated 350 oven and bake for 8-10 minutes.

Take them out of the oven and let them cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet.  This helps them firm up a little bit.

Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Pudding

3/4 cup softened butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 box instant pumpkin spice mudding mix (It is a limited edition usually found in the fall)
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 1/2 cups white chocolate baking chips

Preheat oven to 350.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.